Chester Bennington, Whose Cathartic Anger Fuelled Linkin Park, Dies at Forty-One
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The singer, whose body was found Thursday, led what was easily the most popular, omnipresent new rock band of its decade.
Amanda Petrusich on Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, who has died at age forty-one.
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Chester Bennington Dead: Linkin Park Singer Was 41
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Remembering Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Dead at 41 - The Atlantic
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Rockers React: Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Dead at 41
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15 Times Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Sang What You Felt
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Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and the US suicide crisis
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Chester Bennington, Whose Cathartic Anger Fuelled Linkin Park, Dies at Forty -One
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Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and the US suicide crisis
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Linkin Park's Chester Bennington died on Chris Cornell's birthday. Here's why the date is important.
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Inside Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington's Last Days
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Chester Bennington Dead: Linkin Park Singer Was 41
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Behind the Death: Linkin Park's Chester Bennington
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Chester Bennington dead: Linkin Park releases statement
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Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington Dies in LA At 41 - Bloomberg
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