Linkin Park's Chester Bennington commits suicide!

[elephant]

Chester Bennington, lead singer from Linkin Park committed suicide from hanging today around 9am. He leaves behind 6 children.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...ington-suicide

[VIP3R 237]

Damn. Linkin Park was one of my favorite bands growing up. In The End it doesn't even matter.

[WillBrink]

He did it on Chris Cornell's birthday and supposedly they were very close. Should have considered those 6 kids perhaps.

[26 Inf]

Should have considered those 6 kids perhaps.

Yep, don't know anything about the guy, but many in his profession lead a pretty hedonistic lifestyle with not much thought beyond their needs and wants.

[hotrodder636]

It's sad that people who have [financially] so many resources available choose this way out.

[Ak44]

Hopefully a good life insurance policy and royalties for his kids.

[_Stormin_]

Hopefully a good life insurance policy and royalties for his kids.

Isn't a policy out there that is going to pay on a suicide...

[Vandal]

Isn't a policy out there that is going to pay on a suicide...

There are some that will. Mine had a suicide clause that lasted about 6 months after I got signed up for the policy basically saying if I off'd myself within those 6 months it wouldn't pay out.

I loved Linkin Park in Jr High and High School and still have their stuff on my iPhone. There were signs in the past he had some issues including drug abuse. Sucks to hear and I wish people would reach out for help instead of taking the selfish way out and leaving their loved ones to clean up the mess.

[Kain]

There are some that will. Mine had a suicide clause that lasted about 6 months after I got signed up for the policy basically saying if I off'd myself within those 6 months it wouldn't pay out.

This is true. Some will. Have seen a few even that did. So.... yeah.

I loved Linkin Park in Jr High and High School and still have their stuff on my iPhone. There were signs in the past he had some issues including drug abuse. Sucks to hear and I wish people would reach out for help instead of taking the selfish way out and leaving their loved ones to clean up the mess.

They definitely had some good songs. But, I will also say that if you listened to some of the songs there were definitely rather dark undertones, and I will say that in some ways I am not surprised, much. I will admit to the first thing that popped into my head when the suicide was announced was a couple lines from the song Bleed it out,

"Find a new place to hang this noose
String me up from atop these roofs
Knot it tight so I won't get loose."

Granted, one can argue on the fact that there is a lot of music out there that has dark undertones of death, suicide, or that depending on one's interpenetration it could have that meaning.

[SteyrAUG]

It's sad that people who have [financially] so many resources available choose this way out.

From one perspective nobody has a greater right to one's existence than oneself, and that includes the right to end it when they find existence intolerable for some reason. If I was in charge I would have painless suicide assistance clinics. There were be free counseling available to you but if you really want out, that should be the most basic right of any living thing.

I love life as much as anyone, but I can think of a few dozen things that would make continued existence unacceptable. I might go Bronson for a few months and do some vigilante justice but that would be the only delay.

Also you have to wonder if the kids are better off with or without a potentially unstable parent. I really don't know what drove him to this action so I can't judge his character.