Editing Chester Bennington (section)

==Personal life==
===Family and views===
Bennington had a son, born in 1996, from his relationship with Elka Brand.<ref name="orfanides">{{cite news|last1=Orfanides|first1=Effie|title=Chester Bennington's Kids: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/chester-bennington-kids-children-how-many-ages-photos/|access-date=July 21, 2017|publisher=[[Heavy (website)|Heavy]]|date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=July 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722063729/http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/chester-bennington-kids-children-how-many-ages-photos/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, he adopted Brand's other son who was born in 1997.<ref name="orfanides"/> He married his first wife, Samantha Marie Olit, on October 31, 1996.<ref name="celeb">[http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/chesterbennington.html Chester Bennington Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210143235/http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/chesterbennington.html |date=December 10, 2006 }}, celebritywonder.com; retrieved on June 27, 2007.</ref> They had one child together, Draven, born in 2002, who later came out as [[transgender]] in 2024.<ref name="orfanides"/><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/linkin-park-chester-bennington-child-draven-transgender-1235903670/|title=Chester Bennington's Child Draven Reveals They Are Transgender: 'Choosing to No Longer Hide'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|date=February 16, 2025|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> Bennington's relationship with his first wife declined during his early years with Linkin Park, and they divorced in 2005.<ref>Montgomery, James, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070509021944/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558873/20070504/linkin_park.jhtml Linkin Park's ''Minutes to Midnight'' Preview: Nu-Metallers Grow Up] (May 7, 2007), MTV News; retrieved on June 24, 2007.</ref> 

In 2006, he married Talinda Ann Bentley, a former ''[[Playboy]]'' model with whom he had three children, the first born in 2006, and then twins, born in 2011.<ref name="peopledeath">{{cite news|last1=Runtagh|first1=Jordan|last2=Nelson|first2=Jeff|title=Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington, 41, Found Dead of Apparent Suicide|url=http://people.com/music/chester-bennington-dead-suicide/|access-date=July 21, 2017|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=July 20, 2017|archive-date=July 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721024356/http://people.com/music/chester-bennington-dead-suicide/|url-status=live}}</ref> Chester and Talinda Bennington were harassed by a [[Cyberstalking|cyberstalker]], who was later found guilty in 2008 of tampering with the couple's email and other personal information, as well as sending threatening messages, and was sentenced to two years in prison.<ref name="usa today ap">{{cite news|title=Linkin Park singer's stalker sentenced|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-02-20-linkin-park-stalker_n.htm|access-date=April 22, 2017|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=February 20, 2008|location=[[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423070253/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-02-20-linkin-park-stalker_n.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bennington was a tattoo enthusiast.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=October 10, 2017 |title=Rip Chester Bennington of Linkin Park |url=https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/rip-chester-bennington-of-linkin-park |url-status=live |work=[[Inked (magazine)|Inked]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210703140706/https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/rip-chester-bennington-of-linkin-park |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |access-date=July 3, 2021 }}</ref> He had done work and promotions with Club Tattoo, a [[tattoo parlor]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]]. Club Tattoo is owned by Sean Dowdell, Bennington's friend since high school with whom he played in two bands.<ref>Brink, [http://etniessurf.com/blog/2007/03/21/etnies-and-chester-bennington-launch-club-tattoo-collaboration-with-exclusive-art-show-in-nyc/ etnies and Chester Bennington Launch Club Tattoo Collaboration with Exclusive Art Show in NYC!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312142926/http://etniessurf.com/blog/2007/03/21/etnies-and-chester-bennington-launch-club-tattoo-collaboration-with-exclusive-art-show-in-nyc/ |date=March 12, 2009 }} (March 21, 2007); retrieved on June 24, 2007.</ref><ref>ClubTattoo.com, [http://www.clubtattoo.com/press.html Press Room] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609110917/http://www.clubtattoo.com/press.html |date=June 9, 2007 }}; retrieved on June 24, 2007.</ref>

Bennington was an avid sports fan and supported [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team [[Phoenix Suns]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Vermelin |first=Jérôme |date=July 21, 2017 |title=10 choses... |trans-title=10 things you didn't know about Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington |url=https://www.lci.fr/musique/10-choses-que-vous-ne-saviez-pas-sur-chester-bennington-le-chanteur-de-linkin-park-2059200.html |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[La Chaîne Info]] |location=Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925172241/https://www.lci.fr/musique/10-choses-que-vous-ne-saviez-pas-sur-chester-bennington-le-chanteur-de-linkin-park-2059200.html |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |access-date=July 3, 2021 }}</ref> [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Arizona Cardinals]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]'s [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Arizona Coyotes]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Stone Temple Pilots' Chester Bennington Guests On 'Ferrall on the Bench' (Audio)|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/stone-temple-pilots-chester-bennington-guests-on-ferrall-on-the-bench-audio/|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=October 24, 2013|archive-date=May 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517032520/https://blabbermouth.net/news/stone-temple-pilots-chester-bennington-guests-on-ferrall-on-the-bench-audio|url-status=live}}</ref> and English football team [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-07-21/chester-bennington-ipswich-town-pay-tribute-to-their-most-high-profile-fan|title=Chester Bennington: Ipswich Town pay tribute to their 'most high profile' fan|publisher=[[ITVX]]|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=May 19, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519141031/https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-07-21/chester-bennington-ipswich-town-pay-tribute-to-their-most-high-profile-fan|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a January 2011 interview, in response to the [[2011 Tucson shooting]], Bennington said, "There's a non-violent way to express yourself and get your point across&nbsp;– regardless of what you're saying or what your point is. In a free society, people have a right to believe whatever they want to believe. That's their business and they can speak their mind. But nobody, even in a free society, has the right to take another person's life. Ever. That's something that we really need to move beyond."<ref>{{cite news|last=Fischer|first=Reed|url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/01/linkin_park_chester_bennington_arizona_shooting.php|title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Responds to Arizona Shooting|date=January 11, 2011|newspaper=[[New Times Broward-Palm Beach]]|access-date=January 18, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202152035/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/01/linkin_park_chester_bennington_arizona_shooting.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bennington was a critic of U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]. On January 29, 2017, he tweeted that Trump was "a greater threat to the USA than terrorism".<ref>{{cite tweet | user=ChesterBe| first=Chester| last=Bennington| number=825917601125535744 | title=I repeat..... Trump is a greater threat to the USA than terrorism!! We have to take back our voices and stand for what we believe in | date=January 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haasch |first=Palmer |date=July 20, 2020 |title=Fans of late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington are sharing his anti-Trump tweets after the president retweeted a video using the band's music |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/linkin-park-trump-chester-bennington-tweets-copyright-video-anniversary-2020-7 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814072131/https://www.businessinsider.com/linkin-park-trump-chester-bennington-tweets-copyright-video-anniversary-2020-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> This tweet resurfaced in July 2020 after Linkin Park sent Trump a [[cease and desist]] order for using "[[In the End]]" in an ad for his [[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|re-election campaign that year]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Joanna |date=July 20, 2020 |title=Chester Bennington's anti-Trump posts resurface after Linkin Park stop him using their songs. |url=https://www.indy100.com/article/chester-bennington-linkin-park-trump-9628216 |newspaper=[[The Independent#The i|indy100]] |access-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018054321/https://www.indy100.com/article/chester-bennington-linkin-park-trump-9628216 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Health and injuries===
Bennington was plagued with poor health during the making of ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'', and struggled to attend some of the album's recording sessions.<ref>Warner Bros. Records, "The Making of Meteora" (2003) [DVD]; released on March 25, 2003.</ref> In the summer of 2003, he began to suffer from extreme abdominal pain and gastrointestinal issues while filming the music video for "[[Numb (Linkin Park song)|Numb]]" in [[Prague]]. He was forced to return to the United States for surgery, and filmed the remainder of the music video in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1474724/surgery-may-stop-linkin-park-singer-from-vomiting-while-singing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529020453/http://www.mtv.com/news/1474724/surgery-may-stop-linkin-park-singer-from-vomiting-while-singing/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |title=Surgery May Stop Linkin Park Singer From Vomiting While Singing |agency=[[MTV News]] |date=July 24, 2003 |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Doing Fine |work=Linkin Park News |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=July 11, 2003 |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/linkin-park/news/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-doing-fine--12061683 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524144712/http://new.music.yahoo.com/linkin-park/news/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-doing-fine--12061683 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bennington sustained a wrist injury in October 2007 while attempting to jump off a platform during a show in [[Melbourne]] at the [[Rod Laver Arena]]. Despite the injury, he continued to perform the entire show with a broken wrist, before heading to an [[emergency department]], where he received five stitches.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0vrlf4SVSt8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018203725/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrlf4SVSt8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |author=Linkin Park |title=Chester's Broken Wrist {{!}} LPTV #16 |via=YouTube |date=October 17, 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrlf4SVSt8 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Chester Bennington's Accidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.upvenue.com/article/1303-linkin-park-s-chester-bennington-is-accident-prone.html | title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington is Accident Prone | date=February 25, 2011 | access-date=February 25, 2011 | work=UpVenue | archive-date=July 17, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717173317/http://www.upvenue.com/article/1303-linkin-park-s-chester-bennington-is-accident-prone.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, Bennington fell ill again, and Linkin Park was forced to cancel three shows and reschedule two from the [[A Thousand Suns World Tour]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Diaz|first=Julio|title=DeLuna Fest loses Linkin Park|url=http://www.pnj.com/article/20111004/NEWS01/111004027/-No-heading-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp|access-date=October 4, 2011|newspaper=Pensacola News Journal|date=October 4, 2011|archive-date=June 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603065319/http://www.pnj.com/article/20111004/NEWS01/111004027/-No-heading-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp|url-status=live}}</ref> He injured his shoulder during the band's tour in Asia and was advised by doctors to have immediate surgery, canceling their final show at [[Pensacola Beach, Florida]], and ending their tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/linkin-park-withdraw-from-deluna-fest |title=Linkin Park Withdraw From Deluna Fest |author=Linkin Park |date=October 5, 2011 |work=linkinpark.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006144046/http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/linkin-park-withdraw-from-deluna-fest |archive-date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref>

Bennington struggled with depression and [[substance abuse]].<ref name="KG2017">{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=August 4, 2017 |title=Chester Bennington's Last Days: Linkin Park Singer's Mix of Hope, Heaviness |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-last-days-linkin-park-singers-mix-of-hope-heaviness-124862/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422052944/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chester-benningtons-last-days-linkin-park-singers-mix-of-hope-heaviness-124862/ |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref> He overcame his drug addiction and denounced drug use in later interviews.<ref>Bradenton Herald, [http://www.lpassociation.com/forum/threads/got-news.24532/page-12#post-223370 Bradenton: Mo' Money Mo' Problems] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523145551/http://www.lpassociation.com/press/interviews |date=May 23, 2008 }} (August 13, 2004), Linkin Park Association; retrieved on June 27, 2007.</ref> He battled with alcoholism during his tenure with Linkin Park, which he overcame following an intervention from his bandmates.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gaita |first1=Paul |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: Band's Intervention Saved my Life |url=https://www.thefix.com/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-bands-intervention-saved-my-life |publisher=The Fix |access-date=March 10, 2020 |date=July 14, 2011 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813115642/https://www.thefix.com/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-bands-intervention-saved-my-life |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, he said he had quit drinking, noting: "I just don't want to be that person anymore."<ref name="kerrang-2011interview">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/58022|title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: 'I was a raging alcoholic'|date=July 14, 2011|magazine=NME|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002202124/http://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/58022|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bennington injured his ankle in January 2015 during a basketball game.<ref>{{cite news |last=Oswald |first=Derek |url=http://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/ |title=[AltWire Interview] Chester Bennington – "We'll Be Playing Some Songs That We Haven't Played Before…" |work=AltWire |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=March 18, 2015 |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317092715/http://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He attempted to cope with the injury and perform with the aid of crutches and a [[knee scooter]]. Linkin Park later canceled the remainder of their tour to allow Bennington to undergo surgery and recover.<ref>{{cite news |last=Childers |first=Chad |url=http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-call-off-two-dates-after-chester-bennington-leg-injury/ |title=Linkin Park Call Off Remaining Tour Dates After Chester Bennington Leg Injury |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013034035/http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-call-off-two-dates-after-chester-bennington-leg-injury/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkinpark.com/news/238383 |title=The Hunting Party Tour – Cancelled |date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=January 21, 2015 |work=linkinpark.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310062406/http://www.linkinpark.com/news/238383 |archive-date=March 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zadrozny |first=Anya |url=http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-chester-bennington-gnarly-post-surgery-photo/ |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Shares Gnarly Post-Surgery Photo |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=January 26, 2015 |access-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130011509/http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-chester-bennington-gnarly-post-surgery-photo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===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" />