Chester Bennington: Life in pictures

Chester Bennington performs with Linkin Park at the Pond in Anaheim on Nov. 10, 2001.  (Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times)

Chester Bennington, right, and the rest of Linkin Park -- Brad Delson, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell and Rob Bourdon -- arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 6, 2001.   (Suzanne Plunkett / Associated Press)

Linkin Park pauses for a photo at its rehearsal space in North Hollywood on May 27, 2004. From left: Mr. Hahn, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Phoenix and Chester Bennington.  (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times)

Linkin Park, from left, Chester Bennington, Ron Bourdon, Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, Brad Delson and Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, in New York on May 11, 2007.  (Jim Cooper / Associated Press)

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park performs at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 11, 2007.  (Walter Bieri / Associated Press)

Chester Bennington, left, with his side project band Dead by Sunrise at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas on Dec. 12, 2009.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Bennington fronts Linkin Park at Rock in Rio in Las Vegas on May 9, 2015.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Chester Bennington, left, with Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine on May 18, 2013.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Linkin Park band members Chester Bennington, from left, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, in background, Brad Delson, in hat, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell and Joe Hahn in North Hollywood on May 15, 2014.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park onstage at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank on May 22, 2017.  (Rich Fury / Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Chester Bennington, right, performs “Hallelujah” at the funeral for Chris Cornell at the Hollywood Forever cemetery on May 26, 2017, in Los Angeles.  (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

Chester Bennington performs with Linkin Park at the VOLT Festival in Sopron, Hungary, on June 27, 2017.  (Balazs Mohai / EPA)

Chester Bennington performs at the first edition of the Download Festival in Madrid on June 22, 2017.  (Kiko Huesca / EPA)