Chester Charles Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Susan Elaine (Johnson), a nurse, and Lee Russell Bennington, a police detective. His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. He has two half sisters and a half brother. He attended Centennial High School at the beginning of his freshman year. Then he went to Greenway High School where he started his first band, Grey Daze. He graduated from Washington High School in 1994.
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Chester Charles Bennington was born on March 20, 1976, in Phoenix, Arizona. His mother was a nurse, while his father was a police detective who worked on child sexual abuse cases. After the divorce his father gained custody of him. Bennington started abusing alcohol, marijuana, opium, cocaine, meth, and LSD.
He was a drug addict, having been addicted to both cocaine and methamphetamine for a long time. He died on July 20, 2017, in Palos Verdes Estates, California, by hanging himself. He was 41 years old. Early Years Bennington was born on March 20, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona. His parents both worked long hours outside of the home.