The very famous Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide by hanging, his body was discovered on Thursday morning. He reportedly hanged himself at a private house in Palos Vered Estates in L.A County. Bennington was 41.

Chester had addiction problems with drugs and alcohols for years and he has been abused a child by an adult male, for which he had considered killing himself in the past too.

Chester’s close friend, musician Chris Cornell too committed suicide by hanging and he too struggled from substance abuse and depression. And today would have been Cornell’s 53rd birthday.

Cornell’s wife, Vicky, tweeted out after hearing the news of Chester’s death, “Just when I thought my heart couldn’t break any more … I love you T.”

Linkin Park band had huge hits like ‘Faint’, ‘In the End’ and ‘Crawling’. Their band album ‘Meteora’ remains one if the biggest alternative albums in music history.