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Lauded rocker Chris Cornell killed himself by hanging
Associated Press ^ | 05/19/2017 | MESFIN FEKADU and COREY WILLIAMS

Posted on 05/19/2017 5:35:13 AM PDT by Drew68

DETROIT — Chris Cornell, one of the most lauded and respected contemporary lead singers in rock music with his bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, hanged himself Wednesday in a Detroit hotel room, according to the city’s medical examiner. He was 52.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thursday it completed the preliminary autopsy on Cornell, but that “a full autopsy report has not yet been completed.” A police spokesman told two Detroit newspapers that the singer was found with a band around his neck.

Cornell’s death stunned his family and his die-hard fans, who Cornell just performed for hours earlier at a show in Detroit. Soundgarden’s current tour kicked off in late April and was planned to run through May 27. He was found dead at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel by a family friend who went to his room after Cornell’s wife asked him to check on the singer, police said.

Cornell was a leader of the grunge movement with Seattle-based Soundgarden — with whom he gained critical and commercial acclaim — but also found success outside the band with other projects, including Audioslave, Temple of the Dog as well as solo albums. He was widely respected in the music industry: He reached success in every band lineup he was part of it, his voice was memorable and powerful, and he was a skilled songwriter, even collaborating on a number of film soundtracks, including the James Bond theme song for 2006′s “Casino Royale” and “The Keeper” from the film “Machine Gun Preacher,” which earned Cornell a Golden Globe nomination.

“To create the intimacy of an acoustic performance there needed to be real stories. They need to be kind of real and they need to have a beginning, middle and an end,” Cornell said of songwriting in a 2015 interview...

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KEYWORDS: audioslave; chriscornell; nirvana; pearljam; soundgarden; stonetemplepilots; suicide
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To: Drew68
The guy could sing. Unbelievably attractive in his prime.

And, probably the best line a song ever.

"I'm looking California but feeling Minnesota"

41 posted on 05/19/2017 9:36:16 AM PDT by riri
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Jason Everman. Kicked out of both Nirvana and Soundgarden. God had something better for him to do.


42 posted on 05/19/2017 9:54:47 AM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: rainee

He also said something anti Trump IIRC. I only have the Casino Royale title song on my phone and am mulling whether to delete it or not.


43 posted on 05/19/2017 3:36:10 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Drew68

I always hated Eddie Vetter. Pretentious jerk who promoted abortion every chance he got. I am enjoying streaming 80s metal again.


44 posted on 05/19/2017 5:41:54 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: StAnDeliver

at the six second mark you could see let alone hear was not there.

so sad...

he had the BEST Bond opener in years with You know my name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrdLs0toWWI&feature=related

and the them from Machinegun Preacher(a great movie) is simply outstanding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94sUH18cf5M


45 posted on 05/19/2017 10:49:50 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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p.s. RIP.


46 posted on 05/19/2017 10:51:42 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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