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　　Chester Bennington: Linkin Park vocalist ’took his own life’

　　林肯公园主唱自杀

　　Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington has died aged 41, LA County Coroner says.

　　洛杉矶县验尸官说，林肯公园乐队主唱切斯特·本宁顿去世，享年41岁。

　　The coroner said Bennington apparently hanged himself. His body was found at a private home in the county at 09:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Thursday.

　　验尸官说本宁顿是上吊自杀。他的尸体于当地时间9点(格林威治时间17:00)在家中被发现。

　　Bennington was said to be close to Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, who took his own life in May.

　　本宁顿与Soundgarden的主唱克里斯·康奈尔死亡的日期很接近，后者在5月份结束了自己的生命。

　　Formed in 1996, Linkin Park have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.

　　成立于1996年的林肯公园在全球售出了7000多万张专辑，并两次获得格莱美奖。

　　The album Meteora topped the Billboard 200 chart in 2003 and is regarded as one of the biggest indie rock records of all time.

　　2003年，专辑《Meteora》荣登Billboard排行榜榜首，是有史以来最畅销的独立摇滚唱片之一。

　　The band had been due to begin a tour next week.

　　乐队原定下周开始巡回演出。

　　For a generation growing up in the early 2000s, it would have been hard not to find someone who didn’t own a copy of the band’s debut album Hybrid Theory.

　　对于在21世纪初成长起来的一代人来说，几乎每个人都拥有乐队首张专辑《Hybrid Theory》。

　　It’s sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and remains one of the biggest selling albums released since the start of the millennium.

　　它在全球的销量超过3000万张，仍然是2000年开始发行的最畅销专辑之一。

　　Arguably their biggest asset was Chester’s powerhouse voice. He had a huge, raspy vocal which suited their stadium-filling, singalong anthems.

　　可以说，切斯特强有力的声音是他们的一个特色。他的声音洪亮，非常适合演唱会。

　　Whilst his vocal persona could be described as angry and harsh, in person he was warm, articulate and funny.

　　虽然他的歌声中常常充满着愤怒和严厉，但他为人却很热情，交谈起来也很风趣幽默，口齿伶俐。

　　The band’s most recent album, One More Light, saw a different direction as they worked with prolific pop songwriters Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter - and collaborated with UK grime artist Stormzy.

　　乐队最新的专辑《One More Light》又有新的尝试，他们与流行歌曲作家朱莉娅·迈克尔斯和贾斯汀·特尔特合作，同时也与英国艺术家Stormzy进行了一些合作。

　　He leaves a wife, and six children from two marriages.

　　他就这样离开了妻子和六个孩子。

　　The singer is said to have struggled for years with alcohol and drug abuse, and has talked in the past about contemplating suicide as a result of being a victim of abuse as a child.

　　据说这位歌手多年来一直在酗酒和吸毒问题上苦苦挣扎，他曾谈起过自己有考虑自杀，因为他小时候曾受到性侵。

　　Who was Chester Bennington?

　　切斯特本宁顿的基本介绍

　　Born March 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona, son of a police officer

　　1976年3月出生在凤凰城,亚利桑那州,他是一名警官的儿子

　　Performed with Phoenix post-grunge band Grey Daze 1993-98

　　1993至1998年与Grey Daze一起表演

　　Joined Linkin Park in 1998; Hybrid Theory was released two years later

　　1998年加入林肯公园,两年后专辑《Hybrid Theory》发行

　　Bennington wrote an open letter to Chris Cornell on the latter’s death, saying: "You have inspired me in ways you could never have known... I can’t imagine a world without you in it."

　　本宁顿给克里斯·康奈尔写了一封公开信，信中写道:“你给了我灵感，你从来都不知道……我无法想象一个没有你的世界。”

　　Cornell would have celebrated his 53rd birthday on Thursday. He hanged himself after a concert in Detroit on 17 May.

　　康奈尔本将在周四庆祝他的53岁生日。5月17日，他在底特律的一场音乐会后上吊自杀。

　　Band member Mike Shinoda confirmed the news of Bennington’s death on Twitter: "Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one."

　　乐队成员迈克·信达在推特上证实了本宁顿的死讯，他说:“我十分震惊，感到心碎，但这真的发生了。之后会发布正式的声明。”

　　Tributes to Bennington flooded in soon after news of his death.

　　在他去世的消息传出后不久，本宁顿就自杀了。

　　The band Imagine Dragons tweeted: "no words, so heartbroken. RIP Chester Bennington."

　　乐队Imagine Dragons 在推特上说:“没有留下任何遗言，愿他安息。”

　　Grime artist Stormzy, who collaborated with Linkin Park earlier this year, tweeted: "Bruv I can’t lie I’m so upset serious."

　　今年早些时候与林肯公园合作的Grime艺术家Stormzy在推特上说:“我不能撒谎，我真的很难过。

　　来源:BBC