Chester Bennington's Autopsy Reveals Alcohol In Linkin Park Frontman's System

Forty-one-year-old Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington died earlier this year after hanging himself, widening the ongoing conversation surrounding mental health.

Police also found pieces of fingernail underneath his phone and on a table in a bedroom - a telltale sign, as Chester's wife, Talinda, told them, that he was feeling anxious.

While there was no suicide note, police did find what they called an 'apparent biography', which was handwritten.

Messages left outside Chester Bennington's private residence in Palos Verdes, California, in July. Credit: PA

His wife has also said that Chester had a troubled history of depression, and had tried to commit suicide before. One particular time, in 2006, he left the house with a gun after a heavy drinking session. Talinda also said that at his time of death he had been in an outpatient treatment programme, and had told friends he'd been sober for six months.

She wrote on Twitter: "My next tweet is the most personal tweet I have ever done. I'm showing this so that you know that depression doesn't have a face or a mood."

In her next post she wrote: "This is what depression looked like to us just 36 hrs b4 his death. He loved us SO much and we loved him #fuckdepression #MakeChesterProud."

Since the tragic events, she has also encouraged others to reach out to friends when struggling with mental health issues, and to open up about any difficulties they are having.

'U OK M8?' is an initiative from LADbible in partnership with a range of mental health charities which features a series of films and stories to raise awareness of mental health.