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Lee Russell Bennington was the father Chester never had the chance to know, honestly. His mother was a nurse, while his father was a police detective who worked on child sexual abuse cases. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But behind the scenes, Chester struggled with demons he could never shake. Incidentally, Bennington and Cornell were close friends, and. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Chester was born in 1976, John Podesta's political career started in 1972, '76 was an election year and his wiki states that he worked on George McGovern's unsuccessful campaign, so he likely would have been campaigning around the US the prior year. Coldplay's Chris Martin paid tribute to Bennington during the band's North American tour concert at MetLife Stadium, playing an acoustic version of "Crawling" on piano. They have very similar wide, elephant-like ears, eye shape + color, hairline, wrinkles in the under-eyes, laugh lines, chiseled chin, defined/square jaw line, and they both have impaired vision, just to name a few physical commonalities. Quote search it on Google and it shows up almost nowhere. While there are similarities both artists hanged themselves, and Bennington did so on what would have been Cornells 53rd birthday they believe it was mostly a coincidence. He left his own birthday party early to record his audition.[16]. His father toiled as a car salesman while his mother stayed at home to raise him and his two sisters. Thank you so much for going the distance, Sorum says. Compared next to each other, Bennington looks more like Podesta. [15] After the band had faced numerous rejections, Blue, now a vice president of artists and repertoire at Warner Bros. Records,[15] intervened again to help the band sign with Warner. It was so endearing and so Chester., He was describing an hour-by-hour battle with addiction. Leto remembers going to Benningtons house for dinner one night. Lee Russell Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 5, 1942. [130] Bennington also played the role of the ill-fated racist Evan in the 2010 film Saw 3D. Did the tweet go out the day he died tho, that would be a bit of a coincidence given the clinton body count. Father Was A Millionaire Lily's father, Chester Bennington used to have a whopping net worth of $30 million before he died. . Hit Parader magazine placed Bennington at number 46 on their list of the "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time". Lee was a vet of the Vietnam War and worked as a Police officer for many years. He continued to reside in Arizona until he joined Linkin Park and dove into the world of music in a more serious way. [117], After Bennington's death, his widow Talinda Bennington launched a campaign called 320 Changes Direction in honor of her husband to help break the stigma surrounding mental illness. But Bennington also sent Shuck, who had his own struggles with alcoholism, some text messages that seemed portentous in hindsight: He was describing an hour-by-hour battle with addiction. I feel like the evidence for this one is circumstantial, but damn do they share a resemblance. [76], On May 26, 2017, a week after his Kimmel performance, Bennington sang Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" at Cornell's funeral in Los Angeles. Yeah, all those coincidences just come true, right You should be ashamed at being such a sheep. [5] His mother was a nurse, while his father was a police detective who worked on child sexual abuse cases. Chester Bennington and the late singer Chris Cornell had a close friendship. Lee Russell Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 05, 1942. Nothing., At home, Bennington found solace in his six kids. [46], Bennington was a tattoo enthusiast. How Chester Bennington's Wife, Talinda, Marked the Fifth Anniversary of His Death. He admitted this in a 2008 interview with Kerrang, a published magazine. [37] He also joined Alice in Chains and performed the song "Man in the Box" at KROQ's Inland Invasion Festival in 2006. Chester Benningtons father was very different from that his famous son. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. Steve Stevens, who plays guitar with Billy Idol, remembers Bennington holding a new puppy while greeting everyone who came backstage at an event last October for Rock to Recovery, an organization for sober musicians. . A month before his death, Bennington told longtime friend Ryan Shuck, who played guitar in Benningtons side project Dead by Sunrise, that he was six months sober. Respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. His parents got separated when he was 11 years old. As a warning now, VERY GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING AUDIO OF REAL CHILD ABUSE IS HEARD AT 10:56-12:56 AND SPORADICALLY REFERENCED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE VIDEO PAST 10:56 TO GET THE POINT ACROSS THAT PEDOPHILIA IS WRONG! His death Thursday, July 20, 2017, was reported by multiple news sources. I believe the death scene was staged to look like a suicide and Bennington's death is related to his close friend, Chris Cornell's alleged suicide, which I also believe was staged as well. It wasLee who introduced Chester to heavy metal music. I was getting beaten up and being forced to do things I didnt want to do, he once said. To save you and I the headache of re-iterating what hundreds of others have conspired against Podesta this article explains everything. Bennington stated in interviews that singing lead vocals in Stone Temple Pilots was his lifelong dream. [9] Bennington was a victim of sexual abuse from an older male friend when he was seven years old. He and Chris Cornell were trying to expose child trafficking in their industry. Bennington mysteriously tweeted this on the morning of his death. [11] To comfort himself, he drew pictures and wrote poetry and songs. Chester Bennington was born on March 20, 1976, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Cornell's birthday, Bennington was found dead. they may not be actually related, but it's interesting to think about. The public narrative that is common knowledge is: by Chester's own admission that he was sexually abused by an older man when he was young. His mother, Susan, was a nurse; his father, Lee, was a police detective who investigated child-sex crimes. [36] Bennington re-recorded the Mtley Cre song "Home Sweet Home" as a duet with the band as a charity single for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the fall of 2005. He worked with addiction and mental health issues later in life. The band recorded a demo in 1993 and two albums: Wake Me in 1994, and No Sun Today in 1997. Chester Bennington son Tyler left his father a note to "love life" weeks before his father hung himself. Cornell had acquired evidence connecting the Clinton's to human trafficking when he worked with the Clinton Administration on a CPP (Clinton Preferred Pediatrics) services in Haiti. Rumors speculate that because Chester Bennington might be the bastard child of John Podesta, he asked Clinton to save Linkin Park's asses with the Haitian recycling center. Stone Temple Pilots has this sexier, more classic rock feel to it. Chris Cornell and Chester Benninton were actually murdered because they knew too much/ were going to speak out against pizzagate. Now, nearly two years after his tragic death, his 22-year-old son Jaime is recording vocals with his father's early band. He was a decorated pilot and served his country for many years. He was a loving father and spouse and was always there for his family. An inside look at singer's life and death. [7] Bennington started abusing alcohol, marijuana, opium, cocaine, meth, and LSD. The setlist included original Stone Temple Pilots songs, as well as their first single with Bennington on vocals called "Out of Time", which debuted on May 19 and was available for free download via their official website. Bc shit like this doesnt actually happen?! It destroyed my self-confidence.. His mother worked as a nurse, and his father was a police detective specializing in child sexual abuse cases. (Mindless Self Indulgence Vs. Julien-K & Chester Bennington Remix)", This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 04:22. Wake up! Chester Bennington popularly known as Chester Charles Bennington was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician and producer. His mother, Susan Elaine Johnson, was a nurse, and his father, Lee Russell Bennington, a police detective who often worked on child abuse cases. All Rights reserved. February 13, 2019 | 10:39am ET. That's their business and they can speak their mind. Around the same time, he told a friend, Rene Mata, We have to stick together, and we have so much to live for., Editors picks "I started getting molested when I was about seven or eight, says Bennington, now. that's what really pushed me to tell the people! If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The two became friends while. The pair Michael and Amy have separated, and their relationship is on the way to an end. Tohru Anarchy (@BronyAwakening) July 21, 2017 At a young age, he took a major interest in music. It was by a family friend who was older than me. He'd become a father for the first time at age 20, and first got married in 1996. In an interview, he said that he was "knocked around like a rag doll at school, for being skinny and looking different". [29][30] Dead by Sunrise made their live debut in May 2008, performing at the 13th anniversary party for Club Tattoo in Tempe, Arizona. The musician died on July 20 after he was found hanging in the bedroom of his L.A . The only thing I wanted to do was kill everybody and run away., "The problem was, I also found a good way to escape the abuse of my past. Later, Dowdell and Bennington moved on to form a new band, Grey Daze, a post-grunge band from Phoenix, Arizona. He could be funny in a juvenile way one minute (he was a fan of scatological humor) and deeply sensitive the next: Shuck recalls Bennington kicking himself endlessly after making a joke about lung cancer onstage. Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died of an apparent suicide by hanging Thursday morning, according to The Associated Press. As Bennington acquired influences from industrial and hardcore punk acts, the journalist believed this was the factor that made Linkin Park survive the "rise and precipitous fall of the rap-rock era", calling the musician "a rock music polymath". A few days before his death, Bennington had been texting with Robert DeLeo, his bandmate in Stone Temple Pilots (Bennington fronted the band from 2013 to 2015 after Scott Weiland left the group). [86] Linkin Park also hosted a public tribute for Bennington in Los Angeles on October 27, titled Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington. "[99][102], Bennington stated that he was influenced by Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Arcade Fire, Circle Jerks, Descendents, Deftones, Jane's Addiction, Metallica, Fugazi, Refused, Ministry, Minor Threat, Misfits, The Naked and Famous, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Skinny Puppy, Soundgarden, and A Tribe Called Quest. [63] In 2011, he said he had quit drinking, noting: "I just don't want to be that person anymore. . Chester Bennington's Children Inherit Late Father's $8M Fortune. But friends say he suffered a three-day relapse last August, during which he blacked out from alcohol, and had been drinking as recently as October. [90] Several other artists, including Muse, Ryan Key (formerly of Yellowcard), rapper Machine Gun Kelly, Imagine Dragons, Billy Talent and Godsmack, also either covered Linkin Park songs (usually "Crawling") or played their own songs during concerts as tribute to Bennington in the days and months following his death. I had the great privilege of being a friend of Chris and invited to be a member of his family. Then, accompanied by Linkin Park bandmate Brad Delson on guitar, he sang Hallelujah. Bennington had become famous in the early 2000s as the powerhouse voice of one of rocks biggest bands, expressing himself through an angst-ridden scream, but that day his singing was different: plaintive, somber, fragile. [20] The band's second album, Meteora (2003), reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart,[21] as did its third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). Their first child, Tyler Lee, was born the next year, on March 16, 2006, in Gilbert, Arizona. If it was a real tweet, and also with the amount of followers Bennington has, surely, someone would have post notifications on and would of seen the tweet. [87][88][89], Rapper Jay-Z paid tribute to Bennington on several occasions by performing "Numb/Encore" live. The tweet is fake as fuck. [42] Bennington's relationship with his first wife declined during his early years with Linkin Park, and they divorced in 2005. [6] Shinoda characterized the lyrics as interpretations of universal feelings, emotions, and experiences, and as "everyday emotions you talk about and think about. [31], The band released their debut album, Out of Ashes, on October 13, 2009. It was a dark day in the music world. Tyler's late father, Chester was an American singer, musician, and also an actor. Chester Bennington killed himself on July 20th. Chester Bennington was very close to his father, even though they had a problematic relationship. Chester Charles Bennington was born under the sign of Pisces on 20 March 1976, in Phoenix, Arizona USA, and died on 20 July 2017 in Palos Verdes Estates, California USA. [8] Both members also worked together to write lyrics for the band's songs. Matt Gaetz Called Out for Citing Chinese Propaganda in Hearing Less than two months later, Bennington, too, was being mourned. It destroyed my self-confidence. [38][39] Bennington performed with Kings of Chaos during their six-show 2016 concert tour. Those who knew him say Bennington didnt let his struggles define his personality. Linkin Park is a very modern, very tech-heavy type of band. [113] Writing for The Guardian, Ben Beaumont-Thomas noted "Benningtons decision to sing clearly and openly was, therefore, more radical than he is given credit for, and indeed more socially valuable". Tyler is a singer and songwriter best known as the frontman for the rock band Xero. Essentially, he's an important public figure related to the Clinton's and Obama's. It wasn't until years later that Bennington revealed. The song's title is the phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. [9][34][35], In 2005, Bennington appeared on "Walking Dead", the lead single from turntablist Z-Trip's debut album Shifting Gears. Chester worked with several charities helping children, including in Haiti, during the Clinton Foundation debacle. [53], Bennington was plagued with poor health during the making of Meteora, and struggled to attend some of the album's recording sessions. It was like a piece of my childhood went away. [41] Slash rerecorded it with Lemmy on vocals and the retitled "Doctor Alibi" was added instead. . He had a distinct voice, at once delicate and ferocious, says actor and 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto, who met Bennington on the festival circuit in the 2000s (30 Seconds to Mars also toured with Linkin Park in 2014). Chester Bennington: An Honest Voice of Pain and Anger for a Generation He was 41. This tweet resurfaced in July 2020 after Linkin Park sent Trump a cease and desist order for using "In the End" in an ad for his re-election campaign that year. [25] In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Like the dreaded "Figure In Black" of the CIA's Finders Operation, Podesta's connection to Chester Bennington, a victim of sexual abuse, eerily mimics the alleged relationship that retired Army Lt. Col Michael Aquino, founder of the Temple of Set, is said to have had with little kids while stationed at the Presidio in the early eighties. His mother was a nurse, while his father was a police detective who worked with child sex abuse cases, and took double shifts. His parents separated when he was 9 years old, so he went into the custody of his father. He was also the lead vocalist of the bands Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, and Stone Temple Pilots. Podesta's genes are very dominant in Bennington. You could feel the tension between the two when he sang, and I think the reason so many people connected to his music was because of that balance he achieved between the two., Benningtons songs, many co-written with Shinoda, became anthems for young people struggling with some of the same emotional issues. "[6], Bennington primarily served as Linkin Park's lead vocalist, but he occasionally shared the role with Shinoda. Revisit 12 great Linkin Park songs that showcase the talents of the bands late singer Chester Bennington. She claimed he was perfectly fine. Linkin Park, as a band, is also connected to the Clinton's when Mike Shinoda had overestimated the funds for a Haitian recycling project. Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Linkin Park. Bennington took an interest in music at a young age, citing the bands Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots as his earliest inspirations, and dreamed of becoming a member of Stone Temple Pilots, which he . Isaiah Bennington (adopted son from Elka Brand) Isaiah Bennington with mom and dad. George McGovern's failed presidential campaign was in '72. Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington's last days were marked by both hope and heaviness. [81], Bennington's funeral was held on July 29 at South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes, California. [10] He was afraid to ask for help because he did not want people to think he was gay or lying, and the abuse continued until he was 13 years old. Date of Birth: May 12, 1996. [7][8][12] He was physically bullied in high school. Tyler Lee Bennington with his father. Chester has said that his fathers love for metal music is what led him to become a musician himself. This is a forum for free thinking, not hate speech. I have a hard time with life, he said while describing the meaning behind the hit Heavy. Even when its good, I just am uncomfortable all the time. On January 29, 2017, he tweeted that Trump was "worse than terrorism". Similar to other recycling centers, Shinoda bought recyclable materials from individuals, but after a while, Shinoda didn't anticipate the popularity of his vision and was soon struggling to pay the people back. On the morning of July 20, 2017, Chester Bennington, 41, was found in his Palos Verdes Estates home, having died of suicide by hanging. The boy's father worked as a police detective, and the mother was a nurse. In 2005, after his mother and Chester divorced, his father married Talinda . In honor of Chester Bennington's birthday, Talinda Bennington shared a sweet memory of her late husband on social media. 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[128], Bennington made a cameo appearance in the 2006 film Crank as a customer in a pharmacy. Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time Read. [69] They became friends during a tour they shared in the mid-2000s. Chester Bennington's widow Talinda is married again. After Bennington's death, TMZ got ahold of Bennington's autopsy report and claimed his blood turned out "presumptive positive" for MDMA (ecstasy) on one test, but they failed to explain that two other tests resulted negative for ecstasy, proving that no drugs were in his system. Zodiac Sign: Taurus. [47] He had done work and promotions with Club Tattoo, a tattoo parlor in Tempe, Arizona. [11] Years later, he revealed the abuser's identity to his father, but chose not to press charges. And the day before he died, Bennington e-mailed former Guns N Roses drummer Matt Sorum, saying hed like to perform again with their all-star covers band, Kings of Chaos. The service also included a full stage for musical tributes. [1] Linkin Park's following studio albums, from Meteora (2003) to One More Light (2017), continued the band's success. Chester Bennington was an American singer and songwriter best known as the frontman for the rock band Linkin Park. While their relationship. [116] Calum Slingerland, editor of the Canadian periodical Exclaim!, expressed, "[H]is influence has been felt in the worlds of rock, metal, rap, and beyond". He had been able to amass such an amazing fortune from his career as a singer, songwriter, and also as an actor. As with many sudden celebrity deaths, people on the. I have a great band for you," he said. The singer was 41. Chester Bennington was born on March 20 th, 1976 in Phoenix Arizona. Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington's cause of deathhas been ruled a suicide by hanging, the Los Angeles County coroner's office has confirmed. "[94], The New York Times' Jon Caramanica commented that Bennington's ability to "pair serrated rawness with sleek melody" separated him from other contemporary singers, and also from the artists he was influenced by. Here's what I've watched and read so far: https://youtu.be/nAPT6BMadck At home, Bennington found solace in his six kids. [41] In May 2021, a snippet of the original Bennington track was finally released. He became the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots in 2013 to release the extended play record High Rise on October 8, 2013, via their own record label, Play Pen, but left in 2015 to focus solely on Linkin Park. [42] He married his first wife, Samantha Marie Olit, on October 31, 1996. Fans of the show are hopeful that Amy and Michael can work through their issues and find happiness in the future. My name is Chester, Bennington told the mourners gathered there. Unfortunately, Cornell conveniently died along with several other journalists attempting to expose pedo rings like Comet Ping Pong. [15] Bennington quit his day job at a digital services firm[7] and traveled to California for the audition, in which he successfully won a place in the band. As of 2022, the little, Lisa Katherina Larroquette, Personal Life and Net Worth, Joylette Goble, Personal Life and Net Worth, Jaden Christopher Haddon-slater, Personal Life and Net Worth, Evie Elise Kress, Personal Life and Net Worth, Yelizaveta Grigoryevna Tyomkinas personal and biographical details, Wendy Durst Kreeger: Biography, Family and Education. John & His Wife Have Been Married for Over 40 Years. [45] Chester and Talinda Bennington were harassed by a cyberstalker, who was later found guilty in 2008 of tampering with the couple's email and other personal information, as well as sending threatening messages, and was sentenced to two years in prison. 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