

He had recently remarried, this time to a gorgeous schoolteacher named Talinda, and moved into a 6,000-square-foot house in Orange County. He married and had a child, then endured a bitter and costly divorce. Only 30, Bennington had survived a tough past of drugs and abuse.


Played stadiums, seen the world, won a couple of Grammys. His band's infectious mashup of rap and rock had made it the most high-profile act in the genre called nu-metal. _It all started with Charlie.Īs in Chester Charlie Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park. Photograph by Brent Humphreys View Slideshow _Charlie. In 2006, someone took control of the cell phone, email, and PayPal accounts of Talinda and Chester Bennington.
