Linkin Park's Chester Bennington 'struggled with 'hour-by-hour' addiction in months before death'

Linkin Park's erstwhile pb vocalist Chester Bennington died by termination aged 41 successful 2017. He reportedly struggled with 'hour-by-hour' addiction successful the months starring up to his death

A caller publication has claimed Linkin Park's Chester Bennington struggled with an 'hour-by-hour' conflict with addiction successful the months starring up to his suicide.

The Numb vocalist was recovered dormant by a housekeeper successful his chamber astatine his Los Angeles location connected July 20, 2017. A coroner aboriginal ruled helium had taken his ain life. The Grammy Award-winning instrumentalist had battled with slump and substance maltreatment for years earlier his death. A brand-new book, titled It Starts With One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park, shares the legendary singer's last days done the lens of his household and friends. It was written that Chester said helium had a beardown impulse to portion again successful the last months starring up to his death.

"While publically discussing his wide difficulties with beingness during the One More Light property run, helium was privately telling loved ones astir a circumstantial problem: the impulse to portion had consumed his thoughts erstwhile again," an excerpt, obtained by People, from the caller publication said.

"'He was describing an hour-by-hour conflict with addiction,' said Ryan Shuck, Chester’s adjacent person who had helped crook 1 of his bleakest periods during the 2000s into the lone Dead by Sunrise medium and who had been texting with him astir his alcoholism successful the weeks starring up to his death."

The book, written by Jason Lipshutz and acceptable for merchandise connected October 1, continued: "When an autopsy and toxicology study aboriginal confirmed that Chester had a hint magnitude of intoxicant successful his strategy astatine the clip of his decease — helium had been discovered with an bare vessel of Stella Artois successful the country arsenic good arsenic a solid of Corona that was little than fractional afloat — Talinda was not surprised. She had instantly understood that those brew bottles represented are lapse. 'I knew instantly that that portion triggered that shame,' she said, 'triggered a beingness of unhealthy neural pathways.'"

Chester erstwhile opened up astir relapsing portion the set was making their One More Light album. His relapse included an 'extended play of drinking' towards the extremity of 2016. His woman Talinda said helium was sober for six months earlier his death. He was with his woman and their 3 children successful Arizona successful his last days.

However, helium told her helium had enactment and returned to Los Angeles by himself, with the prima taking a last photograph of him with his kids earlier leaving. Talinda said successful 2018: "He was happy. He gave maine a buss goodbye, helium gave the kids a buss goodbye and I ne'er saw him again."

*If you're struggling and request to talk, the Samaritans run a escaped helpline unfastened 24/7 connected 116 123. Alternatively, you tin email [email protected] oregon sojourn their tract to find your section branch

Follow Mirror Celebs connected TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads.