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The page is (or at least was) being vandalized at the time this is written. Should we protect it against anonymous editors? InfinityMiner (talk) 18:27, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
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There are two death sections - one of them crudely suggests that he died from eating too many twinkies - Please remove that 2607:FEA8:1D9F:F9CF:519:61B6:883F:A566 (talk) 18:45, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
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TheRealAfterTen (talk) 18:48, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
Change |birth_date =
March 20, 1976 To |birth_date = March 20, 1976Change |death_date = July 20, 2017
(aged 41) To |death_date = July 20, 2017 (aged 41)(talk) 18:48, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
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Remove the duplicate death section stating that Chester Bennington committed suicide by eating too many twinkies. 73.233.147.108 (talk) 18:49, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
The only source for his alleged death is TMZ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Potentially_unreliable_sources). Can we please not declare him dead until it's confirmed by a reliable authority?TheHorizonist (talk) 18:59, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedians always bash TMZ but I've never known them to be wrong about a celebrity death. They're usually first to break the news and they vet their sources carefully. 64.183.42.11 (talk) 23:56, 20 July 2017 (UTC) Tetrazzini
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Death On July 20th, 2017 Chester Bennington was reportedly found dead by an employee at his Palos Verdes home in California. The cause of death has been reported to be a suicide by hanging. [1] Talanmawr (talk) 19:42, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
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After the name of his second wife, it says (m[arried] 2006; d[ied] 2017). This is ambiguous and for people who don't know the subject, they could think his wife died earlier this year. Unlike marriage and divorce which are actions by two people, only one person has died here and it's making it sound like it was his wife because she's the only person named in the bullet point. Harambe Walks (talk) 20:12, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
Please see this discussion. - FlightTime (open channel) 04:56, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
The sentence that contains the word "aggrieved" is completely messed up. First, they use "aggrieved" as if it means "filled with grief," which it does not. And then the sentence meanders off into I don't know what. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.86.45.126 (talk) 12:45, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
I see that in the template for his marriage in the infobox, it says he was married in 2006, and there's nothing else. A hidden note says this is because of Template:marriage instructions, but I see nothing there that says anything about that, and the RFC on the talk page for what to use in the infobox ended with no consensus. Personally I think his death date should be listed, it looks weird to just have the date trailing like that. Nohomersryan (talk) 18:04, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
See any high-profile biography of a deceased person, survived by a spouse (e.g. Ronald Reagan) for precedent. If the subject's spouse dies, we list the end of marriage date. If the subject dies, we leave the marriage field alone. —Guanaco 18:22, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
I believe the issue's been addressed citing a variety of sources. CC: @Helper201: Cornerstonepicker (talk) 01:22, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
The author wrote: There was no signs of illegal drugs being used at the time even though Bennington has been in multiple battles with drug and alcohol abuse before.[49
Please correct to: There were no signs ....
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 179.99.34.196 (talk) 15:48, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
Not sure why there is an edit war over 2 bad images.....but would it not be best to have an image with his band mates considering the section is about the band and mentions them by name????--Moxy (talk) 16:36, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
IN THE "CONNECTIONS TO CHRIS CORNELL DEATH" SECTION Shinoda noted that Bennington was very emotional when the band performed "One More Light" in his honor, where he could not finish singing the song, be it in rehearsal or in a live performance setting.[57][58] Mike Shinoda, one of Bennington's band mates in Linkin Park, said the singer had been so overcome he was unable to complete a performance of the band's song "One More Light", about the death of a friend, both in rehearsals and on live air, when they had appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! shortly after Cornell's death.[56] (Also the 3 words "on live air" are out of position. "...both in rehearsals and on live air, when they had appeared...." The phrase ought to be 'live on air' And perhaps with a hyphen added between 'on' and 'air') CoolPartyMusic (talk) 16:13, 19 September 2017 (UTC)CoolPartyMusic 9/19/2017
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Minor edit request: died by suicide instead of committed suicide Thanks, Ir To IrTo (talk) 01:33, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
A lot of information I’d missing and must be edited to reflect siblings, niece, and nephews. Tknehr (talk) 07:23, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
Have a role in chester’s Story Tknehr (talk) 07:26, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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change 2017 to 17 2602:306:CEF9:6640:D5D8:6422:9BAE:76A0 (talk) 22:10, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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Change: "committed suicide by hanging" To: died from suicide by hanging. 2607:FEA8:A420:A7A:4C10:4934:6772:19E0 (talk) 22:07, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
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template. The cited sources say it was suicide. RudolfRed (talk) 23:01, 2 December 2017 (UTC)I'm new to this but i was wondering if we could get cause of death to be changed from "suicide by hanging" to "depression". Ultimately it was the mental illness that caused his untimely death. I think this make sense and will shed more light on the stigmatization of depression and how powerful it can be on someone's life. Jzazell (talk) 05:47, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
(Different person) I agree to disagree. He may have had depression but the depression caused him to commit suicide. I agree the article was a little harsh and it should be changed to death by depression but I also think that it is fine the way it is because the article is telling how he really died. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.41.132 (talk) 02:07, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
I would tend to disagree as well, but for a different reason. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not social media. Our job is to report the facts, not interpret them. We are not here to "destigmatize depression" or talk about how powerful it can be, we are here to write a factual article. The idea that "depression" is a "cause of death" in and of itself, rather than a factor influencing a death is controversial, and doesn't belong in a wikipedia article on a person who committed suicide. We don't know what caused him to commit suicide, all we know is that he did. JackStonePGD (talk) 07:33, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
In the "Death" section of the article, it says the band canceled the "North American Tour of their One More Light Tour". To me, that seems redundant. I would suggest saying they canceled the "North American Leg of their One More Light World Tour". I don't have an account so I wanted to suggest this here so that a more established member could make the change to the article without it being reverted almost as a reflex, which has happened to me before. 216.26.183.8 (talk) 19:17, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
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Under Death area of article. Change: Bennington committed suicide by hanging at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California; To: Bennington died from suicide.... or: death was ruled a suicide.
suicide is no longer a crime, so no one "commits" suicide. They die from suicide, or the deaths are ruled suicide. 2607:FEA8:A420:A7A:45DA:E56D:2192:D4FC (talk) 04:36, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Genres that were unsourced (see WP:RS), or original research (see WP:OR and WP:SUBJECTIVE) were added to the article. I have removed them as there is nothing in the article backing it up. Please do not add genres without some sources. Thoughts? Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
We should really figure this out as it is getting out of hand. Looking at the history of this page, it seems like most are against the use of the term committed. The edit warring over this is getting so ridiculous that I'm starting to think we should remove the word committed and say that his death was ruled as suicide or died by suicide so this edit warring stops. But I want to know what others think. We need to reach a final consensus soon. Bowling is life (talk) 18:21, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
We need to reach a consensus this time because this has gotten out of control. I suggest that because of the edit wars and the fact that every anonymous or new user is agianst the usage of the term "committed" that we should change it to say that his death was ruled as suicide so this edit warring stops. Bowling is life (talk) 02:58, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
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Vocal style and legacy: The gap left by Chester in the music scene is unbridgeable. Considered in his own way as the spokesman of the "zero generation" (as years before it had happened to Kurt Cobain about the "X generation") will be remembered for his remarkable interpretative skills and the heterogeneity of his vocal style. Bennington has formed vocally with the Gray Daze using an instinctive and naturally "dirty" approach that can be compared to that of Layne Staley and Kurt Cobain.
With his inclusion in Linkin Park his voice was "sophisticated" and enriched with multiple nuances, also required by the musical genre of LP more oriented to metal than to grunge. Bennington with a probably unique ease was able to move from a "relaxed" style almost pop to a powerful and really incisive scream. Lars Ulrich said of him: "He was one of those singers who had that rare gift in which every word he uttered sounded authentic", "what comes out of him is all his expressive urgency." [22]
His career was studded with excellent collaborations including the duet in 2007 with his great friend Chris Cornell, reinterpreting the "classic" of the Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike" [23]
Numerous tributes and vigils have been organized by the artist's fans in all the countries of the world as visually testify the videos of One More Light and Crawling (Live). [24] [25]
But Bennington's greatest merit was to give "voice" to anyone who feels excluded "abused" and "put aside" by society. [26]
Chester's wife, Talinda Bennington, who immediately started to attract media attention to those suffering from depression and mental disorders on March 20 (her husband's birthday) founded the "320 Changes Direction" [27] TheSilentEnigma76 (talk) 21:36, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
Is Chester Bennington’s role as an actor in its own right notable enough for him to have his own Wikipedia article? In other words, if being an actor was his only claim to fame, would the cumulative sum of his acting roles merit enough notability for him to be on Wikipedia? Because if not, the “actor” part should be removed from the lead. Otherwise, you’d be able to abritrarily add other things in the lead such as “basketball player”, “philanthropist”, “wife of Talinda”, “tattoo enthusiast”, “mental health activist”, etc. You get the point. Mrbeastmodeallday (talk) 00:14, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Chester Bennington also knew how to play the guitar and the piano, and he has even played them live before. I feel like these instruments should be added into the instruments section. AustinDeLarra (talk) 07:31, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Just removed this claim as it uncited, seemed dubious and contradicted sourced material available at List_of_best-selling_music_artists. Promethean (talk) 16:04, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
With the band returning to action and releasing an album that charted in the UK and Germany, shouldn't that mean the band merits its own page? I recall there are questions over whether or not they'll actually tour with a new vocalist or not but obviously that doesn't need mentioning unless there's credible sources for it. VampireKilla (talk) 19:14, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
The intro says "Linkin Park's following studio albums, from Meteora (2003) to One More Light (2017), continued the band's success." But from all the references I can see online, each album did worse, and each album caused a decline in the band's "success" and nothing is shown that the albums did anything otherthan diminish the band's succes. One More Light, as the most recent example, has negative reviews on MetaCritic. All of the reception data shows it did not continue the band's succes but impeded it. The overwhelming majority of fan and critic opinion is that of rejection. How else would you interperet negative reviews?
The One More Light album sold 50% less than the previous, and I won't give you the %drop in sales from Meteroa to One More Light. METEORA sold 11,292,487 copies in 39 countries. MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT by LINKIN PARK has sold 7,815,000 copies in 35 countries. A Thousand Sons sold 906,000 in the US only. Why is this anecdotal, throwaway line in the opening section of his wikipedia page? user:Tinndalos 05:25, 29 July (UTC)
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The current Infobox for this article does provide a parameter for "death cause". However, Template:Infobox person has the following note for that parameter: "Should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability." Bennington was a notable singer well before his death. His suicide was not overly controversial or the subject of conspiracy theories and accusations (like the Suicide of Kurt Cobain). His death is already mentioned in the lead and prose of the article in detail. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 17:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)