Remembering Chester Bennington Part 1

Published: Nov. 29, 2017, 4:04 a.m.

b'When the news first came down on the afternoon of Thursday, July 20, 2017, maybe your reaction was the same as me\\u2026 \\u201canother celebrity death hoax\\u2026it\\u2019s gotta be because this doesn\\u2019t make sense\\u201d\\u2026but it as the minutes ticked by, it was soon obvious that it wasn\\u2019t a hoax\\u2026but it still didn\\u2019t make sense\\u2026\\n\\nBy the end of the day, everything was confirmed\\u2026Chester Bennington, vocalist with Linkin Park, was not only dead, but dead by his own hand\\u2026what?...\\n\\nThis guy was the frontman for a band that has sold somewhere around 100 million records...he was drafted in to sing for Stone Temple Pilots for a couple of years\\u2026he having fun with a couple of side projects\\u2026he dabbled in acting\\u2026and he had a loving family with six\\u2014six\\u2014kids\\u2026\\n\\nWhat happened?...and even though the news came during a long string of musician deaths, this one was one of the most shocking\\u2026totally unexpected\\u2026\\n\\nLet\\u2019s see if we can\\u2019t sort out what we can\\u2026and as we do, we\\u2019ll remember Chester Bennington\\u2026this is part 1\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'