Linkin Park's Chester Bennington has died aged 41

Bandmate Mike Shinoda has confirmed the news.

Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.

— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) July 20, 2017

TMZ first reported that Bennington committed suicide and was found hanged in Los Angeles County just before 9am.

Billboard added that the Los Angeles County coroner's office has confirmed that "there was a death on Bennington's Palos Verdes block on the morning of Thursday, July 20."

With Linkin Park Bennington scored numerous hits over the years, headlined festivals across the world, and reached dizzying commercial and critical success with the likes of 2000 debut Hybrid Theory, follow up Meteora, and Collision Course, a collaborative remix EP with Jay Z. As well as his work with Linkin Park, Bennington fronted Stone Temple Pilots between 2013 and 2015 and was a member of Dead By Sunrise.

Linkin Park's latest record One More Light - their seventh - was released in May, and featured collaborations with Stormzy, Kiiara, and Pusha T.