Linkin Park singer Bennington dead in apparent suicide

Chester Bennington, the singer of the chart-topping hard rock band Linkin Park, has died in an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said. He was 41.

Los Angeles authorities were alerted shortly after 9:00 am (1600 GMT) about his death at his residence and "it is being handled as a possible suicide," said Brian Elias, chief of operations at the county coroner's office.