Editing Chester Bennington (section)

===Friendship with Chris Cornell===
Bennington was a close friend of [[Chris Cornell]].<ref name="Cornell">{{cite news|last=Almasy|first=Steve|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/20/celebrities/chris-cornell-chester-bennington-friendship/index.html|title=Chester Bennington dies on his good friend Chris Cornell's birthday|agency=CNN|date=July 20, 2017|access-date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=July 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721010705/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/20/celebrities/chris-cornell-chester-bennington-friendship/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They became friends during a tour they shared in the mid-2000s.<ref name="Rothman2017">{{cite news |last=Rothman |first=Michael |date=July 21, 2017 |title=Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell: Inside the close bond they shared |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-close-bond-singers-chris-cornell-chester-bennington/story?id=48770870 |url-status=live |agency=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105052709/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-close-bond-singers-chris-cornell-chester-bennington/story?id=48770870 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref> The chemistry between the two strengthened during the [[Projekt Revolution#2008|2007–2008 Projekt Revolution Tour]] when Bennington joined Cornell on stage to sing [[Temple of the Dog]]'s "[[Hunger Strike (song)|Hunger Strike]]", and then Cornell joined Linkin Park to sing "[[Crawling (song)|Crawling]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 20, 2018 |title=See Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell Duet on Temple of the Dog, Linkin Park Songs |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/artist-artist-video-videos/watch-chester-bennington-chris-cornell-sing-linkin-parks-crawling-2008?page=2 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711134646/https://www.revolvermag.com/artist-artist-video-videos/watch-chester-bennington-chris-cornell-sing-linkin-parks-crawling-2008?page=2 |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Rothman2017"/> Bennington was also the godfather of Cornell's son Christopher.<ref name="Cornell"/>

Cornell died by suicide on May 18, 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |first=Daniel |last=Goldblatt |date=May 18, 2017 |title=Chris Cornell Dead at 52: Death Ruled Suicide by Hanging |url=https://people.com/music/chris-cornell-dead/ |access-date=June 1, 2023 |magazine=People |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601133323/https://people.com/music/chris-cornell-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bennington wrote an [[open letter]] to Cornell on [[Instagram]], stating that he could not imagine a world without Cornell in it.<ref name="Cornell"/> Shinoda noted that Bennington was very emotional when the band performed "[[One More Light (song)|One More Light]]" in Cornell's honor on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Kimmel|author-link=Jimmy Kimmel|title=Linkin Park Performs "One More Light"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgwL14IDDJY|via=YouTube|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029191756/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgwL14IDDJY|archive-date=October 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Linkin Park – One More Light Live (Chris Cornell Tribute)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfuzFRsE4qU|date=May 20, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2022|via=YouTube|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214071754/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfuzFRsE4qU|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Kimmel|title=Linkin Park Performs "One More Light"|url=https://www.facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive/videos/10155282910883374/|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2022|publisher=Facebook|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214071802/https://www.facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive/videos/10155282910883374/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Bennington could not finish singing the song during rehearsal due to this.<ref name="Radio">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/p7hcEPtCf00 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170721001548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7hcEPtCf00&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|last=Radio.com|title=Chester Bennington's Bandmate: Linkin Park Singer Was Hit Hard by Chris Cornell's Suicide|date=July 20, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7hcEPtCf00|access-date=July 21, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band was due to record a live performance of their single "[[Heavy (Linkin Park song)|Heavy]]" on the show, but Bennington decided instead to play "One More Light" after hearing the news about Cornell's death.<ref name="Radio"/>

On May 26, 2017, a week after his ''Kimmel'' performance, Bennington sang [[Leonard Cohen]]'s song "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" at Cornell's funeral in Los Angeles with [[Brad Delson]] on guitar.<ref name="Cornell" />