According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery says Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit.
Bumbery called the death "sudden and unexpected" and said his wife and family were shocked by it. The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause and asked for privacy.
Cornell was still a working musician until very recently, and performed a show hours before he died. He was in the middle of a sold-out US tour, with six dates left remaining before its finish on May 27.
He was last pictured by the press was a little over a month ago, at a screening of The Promise in New York with his two daughters. Cornell's latest single, also called The Promise, had been written for the Christian Bale film.
The American singer was one of the founders of the grunge moment in Seattle in the Nineties, where he formed Soundgarden, best known for their Grammy Award-winning singles Black Hole Sun and Spoonman. He had a four octave vocal range and continued to make music after Soundgarden broke up in 1997 (they later reformed in 2010), including writing a Bond theme in 2006.
Cornell went on to form supergroup Audioslave, which he fronted alongside former Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, in 2001.
But Cornell forged a successful career as a solo artist and songwriter between his time in bands. His 1999 solo album, Euphoria Morning, was the first of five spanning 16 years. His last, Higher Truth, reached the US top 20, following its release in 2015. He toured with Linkin Park and Aerosmith in the late Noughties, and played Hyde Park as recently as 2012.
Cornell also made a foray into film soundtrack composition, writing the Casino Royale theme You Know My Name and The Keeper, which he won a Golden Globe nomination for and appeared in the film Machine Gun Preacher.
Tributes have been coming in from fans and fellow musicians around the world who praised Cornell's voice in particular:
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden/Audioslave Dead at 52
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Chris Cornell of Soundgarden/Audioslave Dead at 52
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These were from the 90's, were you out of touch that long ago?
I remember the Black Hole Sun song very well, something about the video weirded me out when it was released during my teen years.
I remember the Black Hole Sun song very well, something about the video weirded me out when it was released during my teen years.
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this news sucks! love soundgarden, saw them in 2012
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Seen his twitter pic/post from outside the theatre they played last night in Detroit just a few hours before he died. Always eerie seeing that. Now being reported as a possible suicide.
My sister just saw him last night at the Fox in Detroit. Said he seemed heroin'ed out but still sounded great.
A paramedic called into a local rock station and said he hung himself. This is devastating. Loved Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave...
Ouch.
A paramedic called into a local rock station and said he hung himself. This is devastating. Loved Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave...
Ouch.
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Well fuck. FUCK. RIP Chris.
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For real. I was wondering what happened there.Nirvana wrote:My sister just saw him last night at the Fox in Detroit. Said he seemed heroin'ed out but still sounded great.
A paramedic called into a local rock station and said he hung himself.
To be honest I never listened to Soundgarden, I knew who they were and had heard them but never got into the sound.
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The guy had an amazing vocal range. He could wail. Quite an innovative song writer too. I think Soundgarden's stuff holds up much better over time than any other of the "Seattle sound" groups. Sad to see him go out with a whimper, but whatever. It was his life to take.
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Soundgarden's 'Black Hole Sun' became iconic, not just the song but the video. Trippy. I remember seeing it the first time with my babysitter.Lucky Lucan wrote:For real. I was wondering what happened there.Nirvana wrote:My sister just saw him last night at the Fox in Detroit. Said he seemed heroin'ed out but still sounded great.
A paramedic called into a local rock station and said he hung himself.
To be honest I never listened to Soundgarden, I knew who they were and had heard them but never got into the sound.
Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Scott Weiland, and now Chris Cornell - all Gen-X alternative/grunge guys.
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