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Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead At 41

One of the lead singers of the band Linkin Park, which found great success in the early 2000s, died Thursday in Los Angeles.
Chester Bennington, a lead singer for Linkin Park and former member of Stone Temple Pilots, performing in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 12, 2015. / Jeff Hahne / Getty Images

Chester Bennington, one of the lead singers for the band Linkin Park and a former singer for Stone Temple Pilots, has died. His death was confirmed to NPR Thursday afternoon by the Los Angeles

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