Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dies at 41: Reports

Chester Bennington at an event in New York City on Feb. 21, 2017. He reportedly killed himself on Thursday, July 20. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, reportedly killed himself on July 20.

Bennington was 41.

TMZ reported Thursday afternoon that the singer hanged himself. His body was discovered at around 9 a.m. local time on Thursday. Citing its sources, the entertainment website reported “the singer hanged himself at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County.”

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park performs on stage at the iHeartRadio Album Release Party presented by State Farm at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles on May 22, 2017 in Burbank, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for iHeartMedia