Current Events > Huh, Chester Bennington killed himself today.

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I just realized 17 years ago Chester said hes getting closer to the edge. He tried to reach out 17 years ago yet despite over a decade and a half passing, he finally broke. So fucking deep man.
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Chester Bennington 911 Call
http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/24/chester-bennington-911-call-housekeeper-hanging/

Chester Bennington's housekeeper cried and screamed in the background as a driver for the Linkin Park frontman made the 911 call to report his suicide.

Cops just released the 911 call made by the driver, who was most likely there to pick up Chester for a scheduled photo shoot. He told the operator, "I just got to the location and his housekeeper came out and said he killed himself ... he hung himself."

As the driver relayed more details, the housekeeper was absolutely distraught in the background ... crying hysterically as she spoke to Chester's wife on another phone.

TMZ broke the story ... Bennington hanged himself in his bedroom, in an eerily similar way to his friend, Chris Cornell. Chester's family was out of town, and Thursday morning the housekeeper found his body.
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A dude was in the break room today listening to Numb and just straight up sobbing

I asked if it was about Chester and he just nodded


Poor dude
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yeah celebrity deaths never usually bother me but I've been thinking about this since it happened and it's kind of fucking me up. I know a lot of people write off their music as just being teenage angsty stuff to sell to their audience but I never really believed that. I'm sure a lot of people felt the same way their songs talk about at some point as teenagers, but grew out of it, but when bad shit happens to you as kid like happened to Chester it doesn't go away, it fucks you up and stays with you forever. A lot of people probably thought he had gotten past things like they had, but I'm sure he still thought about it all the time.
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Finally got around to listening to their most recent album One More Light and this shit is depressing as hell. I'm not going to be one of those who over analyze every song but you can really tell his mind was in a bad spot writing this album.
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7874220/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-producer-don-gilmore-chester-bennington

Good read about the production process of Hybrid Theory and them blowing up
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Scorsese2002 posted...

Chester Bennington 911 Call
http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/24/chester-bennington-911-call-housekeeper-hanging/

Chester Bennington's housekeeper cried and screamed in the background as a driver for the Linkin Park frontman made the 911 call to report his suicide.

Cops just released the 911 call made by the driver, who was most likely there to pick up Chester for a scheduled photo shoot. He told the operator, "I just got to the location and his housekeeper came out and said he killed himself ... he hung himself."

As the driver relayed more details, the housekeeper was absolutely distraught in the background ... crying hysterically as she spoke to Chester's wife on another phone.

TMZ broke the story ... Bennington hanged himself in his bedroom, in an eerily similar way to his friend, Chris Cornell. Chester's family was out of town, and Thursday morning the housekeeper found his body.

Finding a person who had just hunged themself must be one of the most fucked up things ever smh

That's going to haunt her dreams for the rest of her life.
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Im so glad everyone has great things to say after his suicide. Imagine if they were said before and he didnt do it. Crazy talk!
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VandorLee posted...

Im so glad everyone has great things to say after his suicide. Imagine if they were said before and he didnt do it. Crazy talk!

This is a stupid post that shows a lot of ignorance to mental illness.

What are we supposed to just jerk people off all day telling them how great they are? The dude was the frontman to biggest current rock band in the world, he undeniably had people telling him how amazing he was on a daily basis, not to mention selling out arenas of people cheering for him.

You don't know how severe depression effects people. You don't look at things logically or think about the good, you just get stuck in the bad and stuck in the darkness.
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It means next to nothing what the whole world thinks of you if you succumb to the voices inside your head saying otherwise. Depression lies to you over, and over for years till you start to believe it.

Being convinced you aren't worth anything, that you aren't worthy of happiness, and you shouldn't even enjoy yourself is devastating.

Being unable to move forward is just as bad as dying if you ask me.
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I don't know Chester's reasons but people don't kill themselves solely because of depression. Sometimes it isn't just because you believe you're worthless.

Conflict posted...

That's fucked up that TMZ just published the phone call for people to listen to, but then again it's TMZ.

It's really not too uncommon for those sorts of things to get out, unfortunate and morbid as it is.

I think pictures of the room Chris Cornell killed himself in came out not too long after his death.

I feel like Chester keeps getting better on a daily basis. Impressive considering his current state. By the end of the year hell be the greatest musician ever.
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VandorLee posted...

I feel like Chester keeps getting better on a daily basis. Impressive considering his current state. By the end of the year hell be the greatest musician ever.

Why are you so salty about it?
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Samurai_Shinjo posted...

LP's official & touching statement

https://www.facebook.com/linkinpark/posts/10155478666281788

Dear Chester,

Our hearts are broken. The shockwaves of grief and denial are still sweeping through our family as we come to grips with what has happened.

You touched so many lives, maybe even more than you realized. In the past few days, we’ve seen an outpouring of love and support, both public and private, from around the world. Talinda and the family appreciate it, and want the world to know that you were the best husband, son, and father; the family will never be whole without you.

Talking with you about the years ahead together, your excitement was infectious. Your absence leaves a void that can never be filled—a boisterous, funny, ambitious, creative, kind, generous voice in the room is missing. We’re trying to remind ourselves that the demons who took you away from us were always part of the deal. After all, it was the way you sang about those demons that made everyone fall in love with you in the first place. You fearlessly put them on display, and in doing so, brought us together and taught us to be more human. You had the biggest heart, and managed to wear it on your sleeve.

Our love for making and performing music is inextinguishable. While we don’t know what path our future may take, we know that each of our lives was made better by you. Thank you for that gift. We love you, and miss you so much.

Until we see you again,

LP

I didn't want to tear up before I go to sleep...
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SSJ92goku posted...

Why are you so salty about it?

He was expecting everybody to not give a shit just because he hates the band.
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VandorLee posted...

I feel like Chester keeps getting better on a daily basis. Impressive considering his current state. By the end of the year hell be the greatest musician ever.

Seriously, just fuck off.
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Not familiar LP. But rip.
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Sorry, no matter how sad a suicide may be it doesnt make their music good all of a sudden.
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Been listening to a lot of LP these past few days. Breaking the Habit is what I used to get through some of my withdrawal when I quit drinking >_>

It's a great song imo.

I feel sad watching videos of Chester. My best friend committed suicide by hanging when I was 19 and it was the same thing. He was happy and smiling and no one ever would have guessed.
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VandorLee posted...

Sorry, no matter how sad a suicide may be it doesnt make their music good all of a sudden.

Well, you're talking about the best selling and most popular band of the century, so you should've expected alot of fans to be reacting whether you personally like their music or not
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SSJ92goku posted...

VandorLee posted...

Sorry, no matter how sad a suicide may be it doesnt make their music good all of a sudden.

Well, you're talking about the best selling and most popular band of the century, so you should've expected alot of fans to be reacting whether you personally like their music or not

He's just a troll. He spends his time on the movie board hating on marvel and claiming BvS was a masterpiece.
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DezCaughtIt posted...

A dude was in the break room today listening to Numb and just straight up sobbing

I asked if it was about Chester and he just nodded


Poor dude

lmfao.
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MetaSeraphim posted...

I don't know Chester's reasons but people don't kill themselves solely because of depression. Sometimes it isn't just because you believe you're worthless.

wtf
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VandorLee posted...

Sorry, no matter how sad a suicide may be it doesnt make their music good all of a sudden.

When did anyone say it did? The people praising LP in this topic have probably always liked them. They're only the biggest rock band of the last 20 years. It's just the internet trolls like you that hate on them.
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Anyone else like Reanimation more than HT?
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WaterLink posted...

Anyone else like Reanimation more than HT?

Reanimation is probably their best album tbh.
And easily the GOAT remix album.
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My depression has been getting bad again the last couple days and I gotta say, this news is sort of making it worse. I'm virtually never impacted by celebrity deaths, even if I like them and they died tragically, but with LP being my first band and me getting into them at a certain bad point in my childhood, specifically my home life, they're one of the few things I can look back on from that time and have positive memories of, and the angsty lyrics and all that were really cathartic to listen to at that time. And without going into too much detail some of the things Chester talked about going through as a child and at other points hit really close to home for me and I've always had trouble with depression. Something about this is just so... Disheartening. Like for someone else to have gone through and be dealing with similar things but to have gotten to the level he was at in life with fame, fortune, having a family, friends, and tons of fans who all love him, as well as being in the process of seeking help for those issues... For it to still end the way it did for him is kind of taking away some of the confidence I have in myself to ever beat this or at least get to a point where I'm mostly happy with myself and in life.

Fuck man, this just really sucks.
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This song changed my life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlCC1GOwFw
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Was in the car listening to the radio, and they started playing "In the End", and a wave of emotion came over me. I still cannot believe that he died so young and from something as foolish as suicide.
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Conflict posted...

reiko sawamura posted...

and from something as foolish as suicide

Oh shut the hell up

Are you actually defending suicide as a viable way to die? It's an awful way to go, and the impact it can have on loved ones and the people that care about you can be catastrauphic. There's always an alternative to suicide, whether it be professional medical help, or just seeking out affirmation from those around you. I'm not trying to make light of the situation, I'm simply saying that Chester's death IS a tragedy, one that could have possibly been prevented.
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Conflict posted...

reiko sawamura posted...

and from something as foolish as suicide

Oh shut the hell up

I don't think he meant it quite how it's coming off. I think he was just meaning that it's ultimately a very unfortunate way to go simply because it's something that's theoretically 100% preventable.
I don't think he was trying to make one of those trolly "hurr durr people who kill themselves are just stupid cowards, blah, blah, blah" I think he's just pointing out how tragic it is that suicide is the way he died.

But that's just how I interpret it in the context of the rest of his post.
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So many people ITT are making the mistake if equating not liking something with it being objectively bad.

Linkin Park was by all accounts a talented band, wether your liked their output or not. Chester was one of the best vocalists of our time, especially in modern rock, I'd say top 5 at least but the only one that immediately comes to mind is Corey Taylor of Slipknot/Stone Sour. Many of them were muti instrumentalists, they wrote all of their own songs which as far as popular artists go theses days it's becoming less and less common to write your own music, Mr. Hahn directed a lot of their music videos, and they were easily one of the best live bands of our generation. They were really one of the big future classic arena rock bands of our time, and ntm Mike is very talented on the production side.

I think they were a fairly average band as far as my enjoyment of their output goes, but I can respect them as artists and musicians enough to know that they had a lot of talent and put a lot of work into their music.

And say what you will about your preference for their sound changing over time but not many bands who do something like Hybrid Theory go on to make something like A Thousand Suns, and nobody who listened to Hybrid Theory wanted an album like A Thousand Suns from them so it was really love/hate and I can respect that they could've just made Hybrid Theory and Meteora forever but didn't because that isn't what they wanted to do
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Gamer99z posted...

My depression has been getting bad again the last couple days and I gotta say, this news is sort of making it worse. I'm virtually never impacted by celebrity deaths, even if I like them and they died tragically, but with LP being my first band and me getting into them at a certain bad point in my childhood, specifically my home life, they're one of the few things I can look back on from that time and have positive memories of, and the angsty lyrics and all that were really cathartic to listen to at that time. And without going into too much detail some of the things Chester talked about going through as a child and at other points hit really close to home for me and I've always had trouble with depression. Something about this is just so... Disheartening. Like for someone else to have gone through and be dealing with similar things but to have gotten to the level he was at in life with fame, fortune, having a family, friends, and tons of fans who all love him, as well as being in the process of seeking help for those issues... For it to still end the way it did for him is kind of taking away some of the confidence I have in myself to ever beat this or at least get to a point where I'm mostly happy with myself and in life.

Fuck man, this just really sucks.

Please get help from a professional. I am not one, so I'm afraid to say more than that.
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Gamer99z posted...

My depression has been getting bad again the last couple days and I gotta say, this news is sort of making it worse. I'm virtually never impacted by celebrity deaths, even if I like them and they died tragically, but with LP being my first band and me getting into them at a certain bad point in my childhood, specifically my home life, they're one of the few things I can look back on from that time and have positive memories of, and the angsty lyrics and all that were really cathartic to listen to at that time. And without going into too much detail some of the things Chester talked about going through as a child and at other points hit really close to home for me and I've always had trouble with depression. Something about this is just so... Disheartening. Like for someone else to have gone through and be dealing with similar things but to have gotten to the level he was at in life with fame, fortune, having a family, friends, and tons of fans who all love him, as well as being in the process of seeking help for those issues... For it to still end the way it did for him is kind of taking away some of the confidence I have in myself to ever beat this or at least get to a point where I'm mostly happy with myself and in life.

Fuck man, this just really sucks.

yeah this is basically 100% how I feel too
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Gamer99z posted...

My depression has been getting bad again the last couple days and I gotta say, this news is sort of making it worse. I'm virtually never impacted by celebrity deaths, even if I like them and they died tragically, but with LP being my first band and me getting into them at a certain bad point in my childhood, specifically my home life, they're one of the few things I can look back on from that time and have positive memories of, and the angsty lyrics and all that were really cathartic to listen to at that time. And without going into too much detail some of the things Chester talked about going through as a child and at other points hit really close to home for me and I've always had trouble with depression. Something about this is just so... Disheartening. Like for someone else to have gone through and be dealing with similar things but to have gotten to the level he was at in life with fame, fortune, having a family, friends, and tons of fans who all love him, as well as being in the process of seeking help for those issues... For it to still end the way it did for him is kind of taking away some of the confidence I have in myself to ever beat this or at least get to a point where I'm mostly happy with myself and in life.

Fuck man, this just really sucks.

Please get help from a professional. I am not one, so I'm afraid to say more than that.

Yeah I know I need to, and have probably needed to for a long time, but I don't have insurance and can't afford to. Plus I'm really only able to be open about this stuff anonymously online. Nobody in my life has even the slightest idea that I've ever even delt with any kind of depression or anything.
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thronedfire2 posted...

Gamer99z posted...

My depression has been getting bad again the last couple days and I gotta say, this news is sort of making it worse. I'm virtually never impacted by celebrity deaths, even if I like them and they died tragically, but with LP being my first band and me getting into them at a certain bad point in my childhood, specifically my home life, they're one of the few things I can look back on from that time and have positive memories of, and the angsty lyrics and all that were really cathartic to listen to at that time. And without going into too much detail some of the things Chester talked about going through as a child and at other points hit really close to home for me and I've always had trouble with depression. Something about this is just so... Disheartening. Like for someone else to have gone through and be dealing with similar things but to have gotten to the level he was at in life with fame, fortune, having a family, friends, and tons of fans who all love him, as well as being in the process of seeking help for those issues... For it to still end the way it did for him is kind of taking away some of the confidence I have in myself to ever beat this or at least get to a point where I'm mostly happy with myself and in life.

f*** man, this just really sucks.

yeah this is basically 100% how I feel too

Yeah pretty much the same here. It feels really shitty that someone like him who made his way to the top and had so much more potential to find happiness and get help than I, and most other people will ever have went out like this. To see him still ultimately get defeated by his demons really gives me that feeling of "well if he couldn't do it, with having so much more potential than me, then how am I ever going to?" Plus it also gives that back of my mind fear that even if I do find things that make me happy and surround myself with loved ones that it can just be temporary and it'll still one day not be enough and I'll still feel like I'm in the same place that I am now, regardless of if I truly am or not. His death is depressing me more than I thought it would, and my depression had actually been doing better for quite awhile now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeGEFSLDB2s

Don't care if OLD.....but I'll never listen to Crawling the same way again....
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Scorsese2002 posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeGEFSLDB2s

Don't care if OLD.....

I shouldn't have watched that.
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^Like he was saying goodbye
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Ya'll can't forget one of the GOAT mash-ups.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNPECkESPbU


EDIT: Maybe better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxamWVEjvjc
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Scorsese2002 posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeGEFSLDB2s

Don't care if OLD.....but I'll never listen to Crawling the same way again....

:-/

Crawling as a song had a pretty badass backing, whether you like the lyrics or not. The keyboards or whatever it is is pretty haunting. One thing I'll give LP credit for, their production was always great.
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Also, there were some posts a few posts back stating they think they feel they may give up because someone this famous and had it all felt it was best to end it all. This is my retort to them. Your feelings towards his death, a person you didn't even know personally, is what your friends and loved ones will feel towards you if you choose the same fate. But tenfold. Because they will have actually known you and have been involved with you personally. But please. I personally know the stigma behind mental illnesses and suicidal tendencies. And I still deal with it to this day. But like reading a book, there will be some chapters that seam really bad or worth glossing over but there are other chapter and sections that are real awesome. But by taking this method of approach, you're abruptly ending the series before it gets to the good stuff, as bad as it might seem at that moment in time and how you feel that moment will be everlasting.

Sometimes I can seem like an ass, but I really do value all lives. I just want you all to know that there is someone out there that really does love and care for you, and if your story ends prematurely by your own hand, you're not only depriving yourself of the positive chapters of life but you're also creating negative chapters of life in other peoples stories of life that really cared about you.

So please, if you're struggling with these self-destructive thoughts, SEEK HELP. You should never be ashamed of wanting to seek help to better yourself, especially when you're contemplating whether you want to live any longer.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_v1SLIt01Q
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Scorsese2002 posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeGEFSLDB2s

Don't care if OLD.....but I'll never listen to Crawling the same way again....

Holy fuck.
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I really want this topic out of my amp because it keeps upsetting me.
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Gamer99z posted...

I really want this topic out of my amp because it keeps upsetting me.

delete your posts
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