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title: "The internet reacts to Chris Cornell"
url: https://altwire.net/internet-reacts-chris-cornell/
author: "Altwire Staff"
published: 2017-05-18T15:31:03+00:00
updated: 2023-12-06T11:38:43+00:00
categories: ["News"]
tags: ["Alternative", "Audioslave", "Chris Cornell", "Metal", "Rock", "soundgarden"]
source: "AltWire (altwire.net)"
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# The internet reacts to Chris Cornell

*By Altwire Staff · May 18, 2017*

On Thursday, May 18, a representative said Chris Cornell, frontman of grunge rock band Soundgarden and hard rock band Audioslave, was found dead in his hotel in Detroit.

Fans and friends took to social media to mourn the loss of the talented vocalist, who had just performed his final show just mere hours before his death.

https://twitter.com/coreykUS28/status/865223354902597632

https://twitter.com/JimmyPageNews/status/865214780289765376

https://twitter.com/riseagainst/status/865217583703838720

https://twitter.com/TheTomasRios/status/865213420957827073

https://twitter.com/LZZYHALE/status/865203967613169665

https://twitter.com/rushtheband/status/865216873713078272

https://twitter.com/aperfectcircle/status/865216472892661760

Including this heart-wrenching Facebook post by Richard Patrick, of Filter:

https://www.facebook.com/Filter/posts/10155086908281352

Or this one, by Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington:

https://twitter.com/ChesterBe/status/865227703091208192

Rolling Stone has photos from his final performance in Detroit.

https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/865219476572303360

Our staff reacts:

https://twitter.com/DerekJOswald/status/865227117507817473

https://twitter.com/brianmwells/status/865213778564087808

https://twitter.com/altwirenet/status/865144370974117888

Local authorities have begun investigating Cornell's death as a possible suicide.

*Photo from www.chriscornell.com*

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From AltWire: https://altwire.net/internet-reacts-chris-cornell/