Chester Charles Bennington (Chester Charles Bennington) was born on March 20, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Chester's mother worked as a nurse, and his father served as a police detective. In 1987, the Benningtons divorced, and the parents “shared” four children: the eldest son Brian and one of the sisters remained with their mother, and Chester and the second sister began to live with their father.

Before Chester's parents divorced, the Bennington family traveled extensively in Arizona. Until the age of 16, the future star managed to try all possible types of drugs and alcohol. At the age of 17, Chester moved in with his mother, and she was shocked by the sight of her son, who turned into an exhausted drug addict. His mother forbade him to leave the house. He continued to "withdraw", he continued to drink. Soon, according to Chester himself, he turned into an "absolutely chronic alcoholic." In subsequent years, alcoholism reminded of itself.

Chester met music in his youth, and the piano became the first musical instrument. He was a member of several groups, played various instruments, but mainly acted as a vocalist. Chester's musical taste was greatly influenced by his brother: the guys listened Loverboy, foreigner and Rush. Until 1992, Chester did not take part in major projects, until he joined Gray Daze. When the band disbanded in 1997, Bennington moved to Linkin Park.

Chester Bennington Chester Bennington Creation

From 1993 to 1997, Chester was the vocalist of the popular US band Gray Daze. However, due to disagreements with the band members, Chester decided to leave. With Gray Daze he recorded 2 albums: Wake me in 1994, "...no sun today" in 1997, and one demo "Sean Dowdell and his Friends?" in 1993.

Chester worked part-time, so he could work with Gray Daze in the evenings. At that time, he was so poor that he could not afford not only a car, but even a bicycle, and therefore he used a skateboard as a means of transportation.

Chester and his first wife worked in the real estate market, and in order to somehow understand their business, Chester went to special courses at the University of Arizona (unlike the rest of the Linkin Park group, Chester does not have a higher education diploma). The family has a child, a boy named Draven Sebastian Bennington, born April 19, 2002. But on May 2, 2005, the couple divorced after eight years of marriage. Samantha received the right to raise a child.

On December 31, 2005, Chester married 29-year-old girlfriend Talinda Bentley, who posed for Playboy while studying at the California Institute of Technology. Talinda gave birth in Los Angeles on March 16, 2006 to a boy named Tyler Lee.

In 1995, Bennington and former Gray Daze member Sean Dowdell founded Club Tattoo in Phoenix. Now they cooperate and have 3 salons in Arizona and one in Las Vegas. Many celebrities, including Hoobastank, David Boston of the Arizona Cardinals, and Chester himself, have gotten tattoos here.

Chester Bennington / Chester Bennington and the Linkin Park band

In 1997, Xero was looking for a new vocalist. A firm that knew Chester suggested to Xero that it could be Chester Bennington. They sent him a demo and asked him to sing it. Within three days, one of which was his birthday, he recorded a demo and played it to Xero over the phone; they were amazed and asked Chester to fly from Phoenix to Los Angeles for an audition. At the audition, some members left immediately after hearing Bennington's vocals. One auditioner told the group that they would make a big mistake if they didn't take Chester. After Xero changed their name to Hybrid Theory and recorded the Hybrid Theory EP, which included the songs "Carousel", "Technique (Short)", "Step up", "And One", "High Voltage" and "Part of Me". They attracted the attention of several record labels and eventually signed with Warner Brothers Records.

Since the copyright for the name Hybrid theory belonged to the British group Hybrid, they had to change the name of the group. Chester suggested Lincoln Park because his home was close to Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, and he often went to the studio through this park. Everyone liked the name, but there was already a domain under that name, and the group became known as Linkin Park. They recorded their debut album Hybrid Theory during 1999-2000 which was released on October 24, 2000. It included such hits as "In the End" and "Crawling". More than 30 million copies of Hybrid Theory have been sold worldwide.

In 2002, Linkin Park released the Reanimation remix album, which included remixes from the Hybrid Theory album. Chester and Linkin Park's next album was Meteora with the hits "Somewhere I Belong" and "Numb". This was followed by the release of the live album Live In Texas and an album with Jay-Z Collision Course. His collaborator and band member Mike Shinoda wrote a song that, until recently, could not be written. The song "Breaking the Habit" brings back memories of the past, many of whose circumstances brought Bennington to tears. There is a lot of speculation about the meaning of the song, including Chester's drug addiction and his childhood problems. It took Mike 6 years to write this song. It was completed in June 2003 and was included in the Meteora album.

In 2007, the album Minutes To Midnight was released, produced by Rick Rubin, and in September 2010, Linkin Park's fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, also produced by Rick Rubin, was released. In 2012, the band recorded their fifth album, Living Things, which was also co-produced by Rick Rubin.

With Linkin Park, Bennington recorded seven studio albums. Five of them went on to go platinum. Among other things, the Linkin Park group is a Grammy Award winner.

Chester Bennington Chester Bennington Personal life

Early in his career with Linkin Park, Chester often suffered from health problems, being hospitalized several times. He also suffered from vision problems and was forced to wear glasses without which he could not see anything. In 2004, he underwent an operation to correct the lens. For some time, due to problems with alcohol addiction, Chester traveled in a separate bus from the whole group.

Chester Bennington was left-handed. Chester is the only member of Linkin Park who does not have a college degree.

While working at Burger King, Chester met his future wife, Samantha, and married her on October 31, 1996. Since Chester did not have money at that time to pay for the wedding and the engagement ring, they tattooed the rings on their ring fingers. April 19, 2002 they had their first child Draven Sebastian. On April 29, 2005, Samantha filed for divorce, taking her son with her.

The musician's second marriage is with a Playboy model Talinda Bentley- was registered on December 31, 2005. Talinda on March 16, 2006 gave birth to Chester's son Tyler Lee. The couple also adopted two children: Jamie(May 12, 1996) and Isaiah(November 1997). November 11, 2011 Talinda gave birth to two girls, who were named Lily and Leela.

Chester Bennington committed suicide on July 20, 2017 at his personal residence Palos Verdes Estates in California.

Chester Bennington took his own life on his friend's birthday - Chris Cornell, frontman of Soundgarden. Cornell, 52, committed suicide on May 18, 2017 in Detroit. The musician was found in the bathroom of the MGM Grand Detroit hotel room with a noose around his neck. On May 26, Cornell was buried at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (Los Angeles). Saying goodbye to a friend, Chester Bennington sang the song Hallelujah. The song One More Light from the latest Linkin Park album, Bennington, performing it at a concert, also dedicated to his friend Cornell.

Upon learning of the death of Chester Bennington, almost all famous rock musicians expressed their grief. So, members of the One Republic group wrote on Twitter: “Suicide is the devil that walks the Earth between us humans. Chester had six children. If anyone thinks the world would be a better place without you, how incredibly wrong they are.”

Chester Bennington Chester Bennington Filmography

• Linkin Park: Final Masquerade (Video 2014)
• Saw 3D (2010)
• Adrenaline: High Voltage (2009)
• Linkin Park: Leave Out All the Rest (Video, 2008) Short
• Adrenaline (2006)
• Linkin Park: Breaking the Habit (2004) Short
• Linkin Park: Numb (Video 2003) Short
• Screenwriter
• Linkin Park: Final Masquerade (Video, 2014) Short
• The Catalyst (2010) Short
• Composer
• Linkin Park: Pts.Of.Athrty (Video 2002)

At the moment when Chester decided to take his own life, he was at home alone. The soloist has just returned from vacation, which he spent with his wife Talinda (former Playboy model).

On this day, he had a photo shoot scheduled, and the plans were scheduled for a week in advance. Every day a concert. After all, the Linkin Park tour with the latest album “One More Light” was in full swing ... Benington's vacation fell on a short break between the European and American parts of the tour.

And although there has not yet been an official statement from the group, the fans have no doubt: without Chester, the guys will not go anywhere.

Didn't get a high school diploma

Chester is the only member of the group who did not have a high school diploma. A guy from a poor family had neither money nor time for university. Chester married for the first time at age 20. The guy was still working at Burger King at the time. His salary was so small that instead of wedding rings, the young had to get tattoos on their fingers. At some point, Chester and his wife Samantha went into real estate. And the guy, in order to get at least some knowledge, went to special courses at the University of Arizona. However, he never finished his degree. Later in an interview, Chester will say that "I would not mind getting an education, but there is no time for that."

Did not become a friend to the eldest son

Chester has six children. With his first wife, Samantha, Bennington broke up after eight years of marriage. The couple's son Draven Sebastian stayed with his mother. Nevertheless, Samantha was not opposed to father-son meetings. But the busy tour schedule, Chester's new marriage made their own adjustments. As a result, the artist rarely saw his son from his first marriage.

Now the guy is 15 years old. By the way, it was Bennington who came up with the name Draven, naming his son after the character in the movie The Raven.

Didn't finish the tattoo

The artist had more than 14 tattoos, but Chester believed that this was not enough. And, being the owner of a network of tattoo parlors, he constantly showed the masters the drawings that he would like to see on his body. And he laughed that he would not calm down until he painted the whole body entirely.

It is curious that the name of the Linkin Park group is embossed on the lower back of the artist. And the artist got this tattoo for free. He once argued with his friend that if the album "Hybrid Theor" goes platinum, then there will quickly be those who want to get a tattoo without taking a penny for work. And so it happened.

Brief history and description:

The University of Chester is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1839 as the country's first teachers' college by a small group of prominent citizens, among whom was the most famous British Prime Minister of the 19th century, William Gladstone. Thus, the university draws on a longer academic tradition than most other universities in the country. At the same time, the University of Chester is a modern, innovative educational institution that rightfully enjoys an excellent reputation due to the excellent quality of education and a high level of student support. Currently, the number of undergraduate and graduate students is about 11 thousand people. The university has two main campuses - in Chester and Warrington.

The university is located in the north-west of England, not far from major cities such as Manchester and Liverpool. Education for undergraduate and graduate programs is conducted at both sites of the university - both in Chester and in Warrington.

Chester is a small, surprisingly beautiful and very calm city, whose history goes back to the time of Roman rule. It has everything you need for study, recreation, communication, cultural activities and sports. Warrington is a dynamically developing city with a rich history and cultural traditions. Chester and Warrington are surrounded by the scenic landscapes of Cheshire and North Wales. Nearby is Snowdonia National Park, famous for its mountain scenery, and the famous Lake District. In the vicinity of Chester and Warrington, there are also several cozy coastal towns.

Studying at the university: strengths
Like other universities in the country, the University of Chester is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE). The work of the university is systematically controlled by state bodies. The work of the university receives positive feedback during external reviews. For example, the University of Chester received a number of "excellent" grades in the results of an examination of the level of teaching conducted by the Education Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).

The university has seven faculties: the Faculty of Arts and Media Technology, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Medicine, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Health and Social Services, the Faculty of Education, and the Faculty of Business, Entrepreneurship and Lifelong Learning. All faculties offer undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs, including research. The university is renowned throughout the country for its pioneering work-based learning, which is now an integral part of our undergraduate programs.

For foreign students entering the university in the 2009-10 academic year for undergraduate and graduate programs (with the exception of research), the following tuition rates for the year are set:

Including:
Bachelor's Courses: Business, Management, Tourism, International Development, Law, Theology and Religious Studies
Master's Courses: Management, Theology and Religious Studies

Including:
Bachelor's Courses: Media Production, Computer Science, Journalism, Social Work
Master's Courses: Information Systems, Mathematics, Social Work, Television Production

MSc in Physical Education and Dietetics (MSc), MSc in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation (MSc), MSc in Body Weight Management (MSc) - £9,540 per course
MBA - £9,000 per course

Information about the cost of studying for students of other universities who come to short-term programs and students of master's and doctoral research programs can be obtained from the university.
One-year study abroad: English language + academic program - 2,304-6,003 pounds, depending on the date of commencement of studies

Basic training program for international students:
Full year - £6,450
January-July (24 weeks) - £4,200-4,400 (2008/09)

Tuition fees are set annually and may vary slightly.

Entry Requirements
Basic Training Program for International Students: A certificate of education corresponding to a level ranging from the British Certificate of General Secondary Education (GCSE) to the Certificate of Secondary Education (GCE Advanced level), or equivalent. More information can be obtained from the university. English proficiency level: IELTS 4.5 for September applicants and IELTS 5.0 for January applicants.

Undergraduate programs: Admission requirements depend on the specific program of study. Education certificates submitted by students from non-EU countries must comply with these requirements.

Classroom-Based Master's Programs: Admission to a Master's degree program requires a bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher education or an equivalent educational qualification. The admissions committee may also take into account work experience in the relevant field.

A bachelor's degree (with grades of 'Upper Second Class' or higher) is required for admission to graduate and postdoctoral research programs. Some programs require a master's degree.

English proficiency requirements for all international students:

The English language score in the Certificate of General Secondary Education (GCSE) or the International Certificate of General Secondary Education (IGCSE) is a minimum of “C”.
Overall IELTS score of 6.0 (undergraduate) or 6.5 (classroom-based master); minimum 5.5 for each section. The IELTS exam certificate is valid for two years.
TOEFL (undergraduate) - 550 or higher (written test), 79 or higher (internet test).
TOEFL (master's and doctoral) - 575 or higher (written test), 90 or higher (online test).

University of Chester / Chester University

GES (Globe Education Service)

We offer education in the UK at affordable prices for students from the countries of the former CIS. Globe Education Service offers higher education in Chester University.

The University of Chester is one of the earliest universities in the UK. The University of Chester was founded in 1839 by Minister William Gladstone and the Earl of Derby and the former Archbishop of Canterbury. This is one of the oldest English institutions of higher education of its kind such as Oxford, Cambridge and Durham.

The building set aside for the university in the ancient city of Chester was specially built for the professional training of teachers. In the 20th century, the institute gradually increased in numbers. The University of Chester now has about 16,800 students, from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Australia, USA, India, China, Nigeria, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.

Millions of pounds are invested in the development of campuses for students to live, the management does everything possible to make students feel at home at Chester University.

• MBA 12 months - £5,950 ($9282)
• BA (Bachelor) 24 months - £13,950 (minimum deposit 6950 GBP) ($21,762)
• Degree Foundation + BA (Bachelor) (3 years) = £ 14950 (first year deposit £5950) ($ 23 322)

List of required documents:

1. Copy of passport

2. Completed application form

3. Certificates of education with transcripts (notarized copy and official translation)

6. IELTS certificate 6.5 (6.0 in each component) if a student has 5.0 in one of the components, he will need to take an English course, which will cost £ 500 ($ 780)

Entry requirements:

All students are required to write a mini essay of 250 words

Complete a telephone interview

"Pros" and "cons" of studying in the UK, prospects

• Education received in the UK is recognized worldwide
• Students will have the opportunity to gain experience in Marketing
• Students will have the opportunity to work part-time during their studies
• Students will have the opportunity to travel during their holidays in Europe
• Our spit-givers and doctors teach at the UK's Leading Universities.
• Short terms of study without harm to quality (Bachelor's degree 2 years)
• Only one minus is the cost of living (from 600 pounds per month)

Employment after graduation

Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington. He was 41 years old. The cause of death could be suicide. A week later, the band's world tour was to begin in support of the new album.

How Bennington became one of the highest paid soloists of rock bands, why he did not get an education and what he told about his childhood - in the material of RBC.

Bennington was born in 1976 to a police detective and a nurse. His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. Chester and one of his sisters stayed with their father. In an interview, Bennington said that his older brother instilled in him a love of music, which influenced his tastes. The musician did not receive a higher education, and he himself recalled himself as a "crazy hooligan" in childhood.

Since childhood, Bennington had problems with drugs and alcohol. He himself admitted that at some point he turned into an "absolutely chronic alcoholic." In an interview, Bennington called the cause of addiction and depression that he had been abused for several years.

Photo: Chinafotopress / ZUMA / Global Look Press

He began his musical career in 1993 in the group Gray Daze, but left after four years. During this time, the group managed to record two albums, which, despite the group's popularity in America, did not become commercially successful. Fame came to Bennington in 1997. Then he began his career in the group Xero, known today as Linkin Park. The band's debut album sold over 30 million copies.

Hits Somewhere I Belong and Numb were included in the second album Meteora. In total, the group recorded seven studio albums, the last of which was released in early 2017. The band has sold over 60 million albums worldwide and has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Hard Rock Performance for the single Crawling and Best Rap/Song Collaboration for the single Numb/Encore.

In 1995, Bennington and fellow band member Gray Daze founded the first tattoo parlor, Club Tattoo, in Phoenix. Today it has become a network: the musicians have four salons in several cities, including Los Angeles. Bennington himself had over 10 tattoos.

At first, Bennington combined his stage career with work at Burger King, where he met his first wife in 1995. They had a son. The couple separated in 2005, and soon Bennington remarried to Playboy model Talinda Bentley (pictured). The couple had three children, two of whom they adopted. Bennington also has the first son, with whose mother he was not married.

Photo: Marc Nader / ZUMA / Global Look Press

In 2009, Bennington launched his solo project Dead By Sunrise with the release of the album Out of Ashes. Critics praised the work of the musicians and the lyrics written by Bennington for the album. At the same time, he continued to collaborate with Linkin Park. In 2016, Celebrity Net Worth estimated Bennington's fortune at $30 million. According to People with Money magazine, he became the highest paid artist of last year, earning $41 million.

Photo: Mairo Cinquetti / ZUMA / Global Look Press

Bennington was found dead at his home on July 20, 2017. According to preliminary information, the cause of death could be suicide. On July 27, Linkin Park was supposed to start a world tour in support of the new album.