Soundgarden's Chris Cornell In 'suspected Suicide' Aged 52

chris cornell, 52, of soundgarden, ‘hanged’ himself in a hotel bathroom hours after finishing his last concert with a performance of in my time of death

chris cornell was found hanged in the bathroom of his detroit hotel hours after performing his final concert on wednesday night
according to A family friend reportedly had to break into Cornell’s hotel room at Detroit’s MGM Grand to find the rocker with ‘a band around his neck’
the friend had been called by cornell’s wife, vicky karayiannis, who became concerned she could not reach him Thursday morning
a medical examiner confirmed after the autopsy that the singer ‘hanged himself’
karayiannis spoke to him twice the night of his death and insists he showed no signs of feeling suicidal or even depressed, sources say
video from his last concert appeared to show cornell in good spirits, joking with the crowd and even chatting about his next scheduled show do for friday
soundgarden broke up in 1997 and reunited in 2010, their last album was king animal in 2012
During his 13-year hiatus, Cornell entered rehab for alcohol addiction
Cornell had two sons with Karayiannis, Toni, 12, and Christopher, 11, and another daughter, Lillian jean, 17, with ex-wife and soundgarden manager susan silver
he sang the famous song, you know my name, for james bond’s casino royale
The rocker was part of the same Seattle grunge rock music scene as Kurt Cobain

by hannah parry and ben ashford in miami beach for dailymail.com and rebecca davison for mailonline

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