Linkin Park lead singer, Chester Bennington, commits suicide

Chester Bennington who was the lead singer of global best-selling rock band, Linkin Park has committed suicide by hanging.

DailyMail reported that the 41-year-old died at his Palos Verdes home near Los Angeles on Thursday morning.

Security operatives who found his body before 9am said the singer had a history of drug and alcohol abuse.

Bennington, who had six children from his two marriages, killed himself on the birthday of his close friend Chris Cornell.

Cornell also committed suicide by hanging in May 2017 and Bennington spoke at his funeral.

Linkin Park were one of the best-selling alternative rock bands of all time, scoring a string of hits. They famously collaborated with JAY-Z in 2004 for the genre-melding EP Collision Course.