RIP Chris Cornell

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According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52.

In a statement to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery says Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit.

Bumbery called the death “sudden and unexpected” and said his wife and family were shocked by it. The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause and asked for privacy.

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Soundgarden - Spoonman

Audioslave - Like a Stone (Official Video)

Casino Royale - Chris Cornell - You Know My Name

Chris Cornell - Part Of Me ft. Timbaland

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 09:45 schreef Gunner het volgende:
hoax?
http://en.mediamass.net/people/chris-cornell/deathhoax.html

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chriscornell twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 02:06:18 #Detroit finally back to Rock City!!!! @soundgarden #nomorebullshit https://t.co/BqXx9veFoD reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 10:14 schreef remlof het volgende:

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Eddie Vedder heeft iets minder ongezond geleefd.

Maar goed, Cornell was ook alweer een tijd clean en hing de brave family man uit.

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 10:12 schreef Cyanide- het volgende:
Nou Eddie Vedder maar op een dieet van sapjes zetten dan. De grunge helden worden helaas niet oud...

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SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell died Wednesday night, his representative has confirmed.

The representative, Brian Bumbery, called Cornell's passing "sudden and unexpected." He added in a statement: "His wife Vicky and family were shocked to learn of his sudden and unexpected passing, and they will be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause. They would like to thank his fans for their continuous love and loyalty and ask that their privacy be respected at this time."

The 52-year-old musician was in Detroit performing with SOUNDGARDEN, which had embarked on a U.S. tour earlier in the month.

SOUNDGARDEN has been working on its seventh studio album since 2015, but the band took breaks while Cornell toured his "Higher Truth" solo set and drummer Matt Cameron hit the road with PEARL JAM.

SOUNDGARDEN reunited in 2010 after a 13-year hiatus, first touring and then writing and recording "King Animal", its first new studio album in 16 years.

The band kicked off a North American tour on May 3 in Atlanta, and was scheduled to wrap up the trek on May 27 at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.

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MarkTremonti twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:36:24 RIP Chris Cornell. Chris was the most influential singer to me as a writer. I just saw him perform days ago. Completely devastated reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 10:41 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:

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Laden van artiestenpagina's lijkt niet goed te gaan. Ook bij andere artiesten.

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 10:53 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:
Bizar eigenlijk dat Black Hole Sun in Nederland helemaal geen grote hit is geweest terwijl iedereen dat nummer wel kent. Op 25 in Top 100 en 31 in Top 40.

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JimmyPage twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:59:21 RIP Chris Cornell Incredibly Talented Incredibly Young Incredibly Missed. https://t.co/pKNI4tKiXz reageer retweet

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DaveNavarro twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 09:57:48 SO SO stunned to hear about Chris Cornell! Such a terrible and sad loss! Thinking of his family tonight! RIP reageer retweet

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sebastianbach twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:33:10 Tears in my eyes that this is your last ever tweet. We played here with u guys in 1992 ?thanks for your pipes... https://t.co/vgKkj60Wwe reageer retweet

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sebastianbach twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:17:12 #scary. I remember @chriscornell on tour with us so long ago. Remember drinking beer after the Melvins. Always thought we'd meet again RIP reageer retweet

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AnnekeAnnique twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:27:14 One of the greatest voices in rock... ?https://t.co/moHpQke22t reageer retweet

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skisum twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:25:28 just heard about the passing of Chris Cornell, I'm deeply saddened by this. My ? to his family and band #RIPChrisCornell say hello 2 heaven reageer retweet

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glenn_hughes twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:41:14 So very very sad that we lost another beautifully gifted human today .. RIP brother #chriscornell?? https://t.co/5MGCq0iEok reageer retweet

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TheFrankBello twitterde op donderdag 18-05-2017 om 10:51:39 So saddened to hear this news.. my thoughts & prayers go out to his family and... https://t.co/WJFNvhu1hf reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 10:59 schreef Cyanide- het volgende:

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Echt zo'n nummer wat pas als 'klassieker' bekend is geworden inderdaad.

op 425 in de top 2000 (180 plaatsen gestegen tov 2015).

Hunger Strike op 725.

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 11:11 schreef bloodymary1 het volgende:
Wat is Studio Brussel toch een heerlijke zender met zoiets.

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In 2002, Cornell checked himself in to rehab for two months after years of drug and alcohol addictions, forcing his then-band AUDIOSLAVE to cancel what would have been its first tour and leading to Cornell also separating at the time from former SOUNDGARDEN manager and then-wife Susan Silver. He told The Pulse Of Radio a while back what finally led him to check himself into rehab. "I really had to come to the conclusion, the sort of humbling conclusion that, guess what, I'm no different than anybody else, I've got to sort of ask for help — not something I ever did, ever," he said. "And then part two of that is, like, accept it when it comes and, you know, believe what people tell me. And trusting in what I have been told, and then seeing that work."

In a 2015 interview, Cornell weighed in on the controversy of rockers, drugs and who's to blame for their sometimes deadly combination. The singer said he didn't believe that the music industry was responsible for the deaths of rockers Scott Weiland of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and VELVET REVOLVER, Kurt Cobain of NIRVANA and Layne Staley of ALICE IN CHAINS. "If you go into a 12-step meeting in any city, and you count 75 people, and you ask how many people are musicians, you're gonna get two, and everybody else is gonna be from every walk of life that you can imagine," he said. "The same as Scott Weiland's mother crying, there are mothers crying who have lost their sons who are construction workers, mechanics — literally anything you can think of — and it's happening every day. And the only difference between a musician that's famous and that other kid is that we don't talk about them on the radio. That's kind of it… They're not somebody that is a public personality that's already been talked about for other reasons."

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 12:20 schreef beantherio het volgende:
The Mirror bericht dat de politie heeft gezegd dat het een mogelijke zelfmoord is: Chris Cornell dead in 'suspected suicide' just hours after performing last Soundgarden gig, Detroit police believe

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Chris Cornell's cause of death at the age of 52 has not yet been made public, but his rep said his whole family were shocked by its "sudden and unexpected" nature.

But reports claim Detroit Police suspect suicide after the rocker was found dead in his hotel bathroom.

According to local channel 4 WDIV Detroit, the singer returned to the MGM Grand hotel where the band were staying after the gig.

The news outlet claims Chris' wife Vicky Cornell called a family friend and asked him to check on the singer.

The friend went to the hotel and forced open Chris' door, and found him lifeless in the en suite bathroom.

WXYZ Detroit reported police are saying Chris' cause of death was apparent suicide.

"Police now say the death ChrisCornell appears to have been a suicide. Investigation still ongoing," tweeted one reporter from the site.

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 12:24 schreef belsen het volgende:
Maar opdat wij ook niet vergeten:

Chris Cornell - Part Of Me ft. Timbaland

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DETROIT - Rocker Chris Cornell has died at age 52 in Detroit.

Cornell performed to a sold out crowd Wednesday night at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

The rocker was staying at MGM Grand in Detroit where he was found dead after the show.

Sources tell Local 4 Cornell's wife called a family friend and asked him to check on the singer. That friend forced open the hotel room door where Cornell was found dead in the bathroom with something around his neck.

Sources said it appears to be a suicide.

Cornell gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave. In a statement to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery called the death "sudden and unexpected" and said his wife and family were shocked by it.

The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause and asked for privacy.

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DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the death of musician Chris Cornell in Detroit (all times local):

7:40 a.m.

Detroit police say the death of rocker Chris Cornell, the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, is being investigated as a possible suicide.

Police spokesman Michael Woody tells The Associated Press on Thursday morning that he can’t provide details on what led investigators to make that determination, but noted there were “basic things observed at the scene.”

Woody says Cornell died at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel. He says Cornell’s wife called a family friend and asked him to check on Cornell. Woody says the friend forced open a hotel room door and found Cornell on the bathroom floor.

The 52-year-old Cornell was on tour and performed Wednesday night in Detroit with Soundgarden.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office will make an official determination about the cause of death.

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3:30 a.m.

According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52.

In a statement to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery says Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit.

Bumbery called the death “sudden and unexpected” and said his wife and family were shocked by it. The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause and asked for privacy.

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Police in Detroit tell Billboard that they are investigating Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell's death as a possible suicide, though it is too early in the investigation to determine the grunge icon's cause of death. The 52-year-old singer's body was found unresponsive in his Detroit hotel room at midnight on Thursday (May 18). Director Michael Woody of the Detroit Police Department's media relations said on Thursday morning that officers received a 911 call at midnight from an unnamed person at the MGM Grand Casino in downtown Detroit requesting assistance.

"When the units arrived they were met by a gentleman who indicated that Chris Cornell had been found in his room," Woody said. "When officers went to the room they found Chris Cornell laying in his bathroom, unresponsive and he had passed away. We are investigating it as a possible suicide but we need to wait on the medical examiner to determine the cause and manner of death."

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 17:27 schreef DrDentz het volgende:
Zelfmoord?

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 17:35 schreef bloodymary1 het volgende:
Nu op StuBru zijn cover van Billy Jean. Ook vet.

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 18:53 schreef Glijdt_licht het volgende:
Indien het zelfmoord was, was hij misschien bang voor het scenario 'like a stone'?
Als in: alle belangrijke mensen om hem heen zijn dood, en hij'wacht' als het ware op zijn dood

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The city’s medical examiner said in a preliminary autopsy result Thursday that the 52-year-old singer killed himself by hanging. A police spokesman told two Detroit newspapers that the singer was found with a band around his neck

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 20:21 schreef Belabor het volgende:
Ik snap dat niet.

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 21:15 schreef Dagoduck het volgende:
Telegraaf - BN'ers schrikken van dood Chris Cornell

WAT ERRUG voor die BN'ers

Man man man...

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 21:15 schreef Dagoduck het volgende:
Telegraaf - BN'ers schrikken van dood Chris Cornell

WAT ERRUG voor die BN'ers

Man man man...

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Op donderdag 18 mei 2017 21:40 schreef Dagoduck het volgende:

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Zoiets ja.

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'I feel really sorry for the next city': Chris Cornell's final show behaviour was 'ominous', says photographer

A veteran gig photographer who attended Chris Cornell's final show has said that the star's behaviour was "odd", hours before he died in his hotel room.

Cornell, a singer and songwriter, was on tour with his band Soundgarden when he died from suicide on Wednesday night, aged 52.

The father-of-three was still making, releasing and touring music in his final days.

Detroit-based photographer Ken Settle has been shooting at gigs since the Seventies and photographed Soundgarden's early performances when they first toured in the late Eighties. He has taken the opportunity to watch a show and take photos whenever they play since.

Settle told US publication People that Cornell's performance and behaviour on Wednesday night, at the city's Fox Theatre, was different to in previous shows.

Cornell was "more joyous than I’d ever seen him before", Settle said. "He’d always been, back in the early days especially, kind of a brooding performer, more introspective, sometimes looking down at his guitar most of the time with his hair in his face. At this show, it was the opposite of that.”

Cornell praised the Detroit crowd but said something which, in light of his subsequent death, seemed ominous, Settle said: "He followed it by saying, ‘I feel really sorry for the next city.'

"I took that to mean at the time, he said it that the next city won’t compare to the show they would put on in Detroit. In retrospect… it almost sounded like he wasn’t going to show up in the next town. That kind of gives me pause."

Settle also said that Cornell performed unusually closely with his fellow bandmates: "He got right up to (lead guitarist) Kim Thayil, right in his face, while he was singing. It’s been like pulling teeth getting a shot of them in the same frame, but that was different, too. And to me, these all seemed like positive things."

Cornell was found in the bathroom of his hotel room by a family friend after his wife, Vicky Karayiannis, asked him to check on her husband.

The Medical Examiner's Office later said in a statement: "The cause of death has been determined as hanging by suicide. A full autopsy report has not yet been completed."

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CHRIS CORNELL's Family Disputes Suicide Ruling

A lawyer representing the family of Chris Cornell released a statement expressing doubt that the former SOUNDGARDEN frontman intentionally killed himself, as a Wayne County medical examiner ruled yesterday.

"Without the results of toxicology tests, we do not know what was going on with Chris — or if any substances contributed to his demise," Kirk Pasich said. "Chris, a recovering addict, had a prescription for Ativan and may have taken more Ativan than recommended dosages. The family believes that if Chris took his life, he did not know what he was doing, and that drugs or other substances may have affected his actions". Pasich noted that some medical literature indicates that Ativan can cause paranoid or suicidal thoughts, slurred speech and impaired judgment.

In a separate statement, Cornell's wife, Vicky Cornell said the medication may have played a role in his death.

"Chris's death is a loss that escapes words and has created an emptiness in my heart that will never be filled. As everyone who knew him commented, Chris was a devoted father and husband. He was my best friend. His world revolved around his family first and, of course, his music, second. He flew home for Mother's Day to spend time with our family. He flew out mid-day Wednesday, the day of the show, after spending time with the children. When we spoke before the show, we discussed plans for a vacation over Memorial Day and other things we wanted to do. When we spoke after the show, I noticed he was slurring his words; he was different. When he told me he may have taken an extra Ativan or two, I contacted security and asked that they check on him."

Vicky Cornell continued: "What happened is inexplicable and I am hopeful that further medical reports will provide additional details. I know that he loved our children and he would not hurt them by intentionally taking his own life."

Vicky Cornell concluded: "The outpouring of love and support from his fans, friends and family means so much more to us than anyone can know. Thank you for that, and for understanding how difficult this is for us."


Chris Cornell was found dead in his hotel room after performing a show in Detroit with SOUNDGARDEN on Wednesday evening. Officials later concluded that he had hanged himself.

In addition to releasing four solo albums, Cornell fronted AUDIOSLAVE which he formed with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE members Tim Commerford, Tom Morello and Brad Wilk. The supergroup released three studio albums before disbanding in 2007.

SOUNDGARDEN was set to headline Rock On The Range on Friday, May 19 in Columbus, Ohio.

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According to TMZ, Chris Cornell used "red elastic exercise band" to take his own life after performing at a concert in Detroit Wednesday night. Sources tell the site that the SOUNDGARDEN frontman secured the band attached to a carabiner to the top of his hotel bathroom door. A carabiner is a device commonly used by mountain climbers which they attach to a belt to keep them from falling. The device can withstand enormous weight. Cornell jammed the door shut with the carabiner at the top of the frame. The carabiner was jammed so tight it left an indentation in the door frame.

A police report obtained by The Detroit News reveals that Cornell's wife asked his bodyguard to check on him in his hotel suite because she became concerned when her husband kept repeating "I am just tired" in a telephone conversation with her a short time earlier. The bodyguard, Martin Kirsten, went to Cornell's room in the MGM Grand Hotel just after midnight and kicked two doors open — the front door as well as a second door leading to the bedroom suite — before finding Cornell slumped on the bathroom floor "with blood running from his mouth and a red exercise band around [his] neck."

According to the police report, which was filed by officers from the Detroit Police Gaming Unit who responded to the scene, Kirsten was in Cornell's room late Wednesday night to help him fix his computer and to give Cornell two Ativan pills, "which victim takes for anxiety."

MGM medic Dawn Jones arrived at the room at 12:56 a.m., the report said. "Jones untied the red exercise band from [the] victim's neck and began CPR on [Cornell, who] was not breathing."


At 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Cornell was pronounced dead by a doctor who came to the scene, the report said.

On Thursday afternoon, the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office announced Cornell's cause of death "has been determined as suicide by hanging." But, it added, "A full autopsy report has not yet been completed."

Cornell's family issued a statement Friday questioning whether his death by hanging was intentional and if "substances contributed to his demise."

Cornell family's attorney Kirk Pasich added in a statement that the family is "disturbed" by inferences that Cornell knowingly took his life.

"Chris, a recovering addict, had a prescription for Ativan and may have taken more Ativan than recommended dosages," Pasich said. "The family believes that if Chris took his life, he did not know what he was doing, and that drugs or other substances may have affected his actions."

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Chris Cornell, the lead singer for Soundgarden, will be laid to rest on May 26 in Los Angeles, two people with knowledge of the plans told CNN Saturday.

Cornell's body will be flown from Michigan to Los Angeles on Sunday, and Cornell will be buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the sources said.

One of the sources told CNN, "The family is thinking about a (public) memorial for fans, but is coping now with their loss and the funeral service."

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Op zondag 21 mei 2017 18:21 schreef tong80 het volgende:

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Bel hem even

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Op zondag 21 mei 2017 18:20 schreef truthortruth het volgende:

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Ook nog gezien tijdens een audioslave optreden dat Chris in zijn eentje akoestisch black hole sun speelde, kippenvel.

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Op maandag 22 mei 2017 17:34 schreef truthortruth het volgende:

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Oh, geen idee. Ik heb eind jaren '90 definitief afscheid genomen van pinkpop, daarna alleen nog belgische festivals ....

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Op woensdag 31 mei 2017 09:33 schreef remlof het volgende:
Mooie opkomst.

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Gavin Rossdale (Bush)

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Op woensdag 31 mei 2017 14:33 schreef MissBliss het volgende:
Toen ik naar beneden scrolde dacht ik even dat Taylor Hawkins en vrouw de Olsen twins waren

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Chris Cornell's widow Vicky has broken her silence with her first interview since the Soundgarden singer's May 18th death.

Speaking to People, Vicky Cornell talked about the events prior to Cornell's suicide and once again blamed the singer's prescription drugs for altering his state of mind before he hung himself.

"He didn’t want to die," Vicky Cornell said. "If he was of sound mind, I know he wouldn’t have done this."

In the interview, Vicky Cornell admitted that, while her husband wasn't depressed in the days before his unexpected death, she missed "the signs of addiction," though the details of Cornell's "relapse," including when it occurred and under which drugs, are unclear.

Following Cornell's death, Vicky blamed the anti-anxiety medication Ativan for significantly altering her husband's mood following Soundgarden's Detroit concert; a rare side effect of Ativan is suicidal thoughts.

The singer, from his Detroit hotel room, remotely turned on and off the lights in the Cornells' Los Angeles home using an app on his cell phone, which woke Vicky up. “That was a sign something was off,” she told People. After calling a "ranting" Cornell, the singer became "mean" when Vicky said, 'You need to tell me what you took.'"

Soon after Cornell's death, the medical examiner in the case stated, "Based on the circumstances surrounding this death and the autopsy findings, the manner of death is suicide," with hanging the cause of death.

The medical examiner added that, even though seven different drugs were found in Cornell's system at the time of his death, "the drugs did not contribute to the cause of death," a point Vicky Cornell continues to disagree with.

"Addiction is a disease," she told People. "That disease can take over you and has full power." She is also committed "to do everything in my power to make sure other children don't have to cry like mine have cried."

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Op woensdag 31 mei 2017 09:28 schreef Cyanide- het volgende:


Chester Bennington / Brad Delson zingen 'Hallelujah'

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Op vrijdag 21 juli 2017 09:28 schreef Marsenal het volgende:
Is vandaag Cornell zn verjaardag

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Op vrijdag 21 juli 2017 11:36 schreef -Strawberry- het volgende:

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Bizar he.