Chester Bennington Biography

Talinda Bennington was born on 20 April in 1980. Born in Phoenix, Arizona. Her full maiden name is Talinda Ann Bentley. She is now 36 Years old. She is best known for being the wife of one of the most famous and influential American musicians of all time – Chester Bennington. Chester Bennington was born on March 20, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona. He took interest in music at a young age, citing Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots as early inspirations.

Protect page?[edit]

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)

There are reports of his death by many reliable sources yet every update is being reverted instantly. Feels good to be accused of vandalism for trying to help an article --RandomUser3510 (talk) 18:32, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia is great at that indeed

I agree that the page should be protected, as the news of his passing has attracted many, including, unfortunately, trolls. Also, breaking news changes rapidly and may be of questionable veracity.69.117.234.230 (talk) 02:30, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2017[edit]

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)

DoneSkyWarrior 18:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2017[edit]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a 'change X to Y' format. jd22292(Jalen D. Folf)

Change birth_date = March 20, 1976To birth_date = March 20, 1976

Change death_date = July 20, 2017 (aged 41)To death_date = July 20, 2017 (aged 41)

Not done: no need to force the parameter. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 19:03, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2017[edit]

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)

Done - FlightTime(open channel) 18:52, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Alleged death - TMZ is NOT a reputable source[edit]

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)

Dear unsigned, Variety has confirmed with police according to their article. --Poet Talk 18:56, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

LA Coroner confirms.

Apologies, signature has been added. Variety seems like a better source.TheHorizonist (talk) 19:01, 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

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2017[edit]

DeathOn 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)

References

1. ^https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2017/07/20/Linkin-Parks-Chester-Bennington-dead-at-41/8571500574994/

This information is already in the article. -- 19:45, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Infobox is ambiguous[edit]

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)

I agree. I have since changed it to her being widowed in 2017, which is correct and more unambiguous. SkyWarrior 20:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Widowed is the correct format which I see use elsewhere on Wikipedia. I have updated it to that. Apriestofgix (talk) 21:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

That's what I initially put, but SVTCobra changed it. I prefer that over what Cobra put, honestly. SkyWarrior 02:06, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

SkyWarrior, Apriestofgix. For the record, I changed it to 'his death' which is totally unambiguous. 'Widowed' or 'Died' are both ambiguous because neither gives an indication of which party died or was widowed. Additionally, 'widowed' would be wrong because this page is supposed be Chester's biography, not his wife's. 'His death' and 'her death' (as appropriate) was widespread in usage, however, it seems now that a lot of those have just been changed to a marriage without end (as is currently the case on this page). Cheers, --SVTCobra (talk) 12:49, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Widowed is unambiguous since there is a difference between widowed and widower. However the current format works as well as there are indeed many articles that don't put an end date to the marriage. Apriestofgix (talk) 17:26, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Apriestofgix, 'widowed' is not unambiguous. It doesn't say who died. Anyway, I don't want to belabor an already moot point. SVTCobra (talk) 22:14, 25 July 2017 (UTC) .... A widow and a widower are both the result of being widowed. SVTCobra (talk) 22:42, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

'Committed suicide' consensus[edit]

Please see this discussion. - FlightTime(open channel) 04:56, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Edit Request[edit]

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)

Marriage death date[edit]

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)

WW view in section Legacy[edit]

I believe the issue's been addressed citing a variety of sources. CC: @Helper201:Cornerstonepicker (talk) 01:22, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

English correction[edit]

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)

Edit war over image[edit]

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)

Seems a bit of an odd topic for an edit war. But I'd have to agree with you that addign a picture of Bennington performing with bandmates would be more fitting in the Linkin Park section. -- 17:49, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

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Suggestion for section 'Connections to Chris Cornell death'[edit]

• 'Mike Shinoda, who cofounded Linkin Park with Bennington, said [..]'
  Bennington was not a co-founder of Linkin Park. The band changed its name to Linkin Park after Chester joined. That hardly makes him a founding member. Naming co-founding Linkin Park could imply Bennington being part of if. I suggest to remove the clause about it.
• The citation link is broken. I suggest to remove the paragraph until a new source is available and referenced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.223.91.79 (talk) 08:09, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Wording and reference have both been fixed. Thanks for bringing this up. -- 14:40, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Redundant sentences describing Chester Bennington's difficulty finishing a particular song due to grief[edit]

IN THE 'CONNECTIONS TO CHRIS CORNELL DEATH' SECTIONShinoda 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

Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2017[edit]

Minor edit request: died by suicide instead of committed suicideThanks, Ir To IrTo (talk) 01:33, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Please see [this discussion on the Linkin Park Discussion Page. You are free to contribute to that open discussion. -- 02:59, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Edit request regarding family and last remaining kin[edit]

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)

Brothers and two sisters[edit]

Have a role in chester’s Story Tknehr (talk) 07:26, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2017[edit]

change 2017 to 17 2602:306:CEF9:6640:D5D8:6422:9BAE:76A0 (talk) 22:10, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a 'change X to Y' format. Nihlus 22:17, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 December 2017[edit]

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)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. The cited sources say it was suicide. RudolfRed (talk) 23:01, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Cause of Death[edit]

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)

Suggestion[edit]

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)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 December 2017[edit]

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)

Not done: The issue of whether 'commit' implies a criminal action was recently discussed for just this reason and the consensus of the editors involved was that one can 'commit suicide' even if it is not a criminal act and that stating such does not violate the biography of living persons policy (which also applies to the articles about the recently-deceased). See that discussion for more details. Eggishorn(talk)(contrib) 22:30, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Genre[edit]

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)

Committed, died by or ruled as suicide[edit]

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)

Agreed, my thoughts are here. - FlightTime(open channel) 18:23, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

It's getting pretty out of control. I'll re-iterate my thoughts in the discussion FlightTime linked: I do not have a problem with using the verbiage, 'committed suicide', but would rather prefer using the term 'died by suicide', which sounds more professional. Either way, I do not have a problem with using both terms in different sections to avoid redundancy in the article. -- 02:52, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Committed suicide consensus..again[edit]

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)

Not sure about others. ..but 'died by..' sounds odd and child like with little words vs a specific term like 'Committed'. But if there's something better I would vote for that.--Moxy (talk) 03:13, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, a lot of users are changing it to 'died by sucide' and I don't know why. I think it should say his death was ruled as suicide, just like Chris Cornell's article. Bowling is life (talk) 03:26, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

'His death was ruled as suicide' is a more professional option than 'committed suicide' and also sounds better than died by suicide. -- 23:19, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah the term 'committed' should be removed. Bowling is life (talk) 23:47, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Should we change 'committed' to 'his death was ruled as suicide' then? Bowling is life (talk) 01:45, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

I changed it to 'ruled as suicide.' Another editor tried changing it to 'died by suicide.' Bowling is life (talk) 22:12, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Unless someone else seems to have another opinion, let's keep it at 'his death was ruled a suicide by hanging.' -- 22:25, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2018[edit]

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)

@TheSilentEnigma76:Not done: What change do you want to be made? Your request is not very clear. Bowling is life (talk) 21:54, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Role as actor[edit]

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)

No per WP:BIO1E. - FlightTime(open channel) 00:20, 24 March 2019 (UTC)