Unexpected Celebrity Deaths That Left The World in Shock & Tears

7. Chester Bennington

Chester Bennington, ex-lead singer of the band Linkin Park, was found dead in his home in Palos Verdes Estates in California on the 20th of July, 2017. It appeared that he’d hung himself. The horrific news shook many of his friends, family, fans, ex-band mates, and other musicians to their core.

It left the industry feeling sombre, especially when it came to be known that one of the things that triggered Bennington’s suicide was the death of his close friend and fellow musician Chris Cornell, which had also been ruled a suicide a couple months prior. At the time of his death, he was 40 years old, and is survived by his wife, ex-wife, and 5 children.

8. Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston’s death seemed to come out of nowhere, at a time when the singer was soaring and making history. On the fateful day of February 11, 2012, Houston was found dead, later ruled due to accidental drowning, in the bathtub of her guest room at the Beverly Hilton in California. Controversies began popping up when her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, also died following 6 months in a coma after being found unresponsive in a bathtub in January 2015.

To this day, Whitney Houston is still the only artist to chart 7 number one hits in a row on the Billboard Hot 100. She is the first and only woman to have 2 number one Billboard 200 album awards, and was also named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the female artist with the most number of awards of all time in 2009.