Bennington is survived by his six children, Jaime, with former girlfriend Elka Brand, adopted son Isaiah, son Draven with first wife Samantha Marie Olit, as well as children Tyler Lee and twins Lily and Lila with his second wife, Talinda Ann Bentley. Bentley has not yet spoken out about her.

GettyChester Bennington and wife Talinda Ann Bentley (L) arrive at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards.Legendary rock frontman was found dead inside a Los Angeles residence on July 20th., his death was the result of a suicide by hanging. He is survived by his wife of 12 years, Talinda Ann Bentley, 40, andHis wife’s late Thursday, with tweets about her husband’s death showing up for about 30 minutes, before they were deleted. You can readBennington was alone in his home when he died, his wife and family were elsewhere. The medical examiner’s office has yet to provide any additional details, and a full autopsy report isn’t yet available.Bennington, 41, is best known as the lead singer of, and later. He and bandmates were at the forefront of the nu metal and rap metal genre in the 2000s.Here’s what you need to know about his wife, Talinda:1. Bentley is a Former Model Who Posed for ‘Playboy’ Magazine. A post shared by (@chesterbe) on Apr 24, 2017 at 2:39pm PDTBentley was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 18, 1976.

She worked a number of odd jobs during her teen years, including a waitress, a trainer, and a school teacher, During her time as a teacher, she taught science to 6th to 8th grade students. She eventually found success as a model in the 2000s, appearing in the College Girls section of.Bentley also attended Los Angeles Music Academy, graduating in 1995,Bentley’s modeling skills brought her a considerable amount of success between 2000 and 2004, where she began a regular in Playboy‘s spring issues, according to the Linkin Park fansite. It was during this time that Bentley was introduced to Chester Bennington., the couple met through a shared friend, musician, and began dating in December 2004.Bentley and Bennington were married the following year. In the post above, the singer pens a touching poem to his wife. A post shared by (@chesterbe) on Apr 23, 2017 at 12:47pm PDTBennington married Bentley shortly after his divorce from his first wife, Samantha Marie Olit., Bennington discussed how Bentley helped him overcome his depression at the time:“My divorce was one of the worst and best things to ever happen to me in my life. Everything I had worked so hard for was gone after we were through. I was wiped out and it was tough on my ego to let go of all of that,” he said, “I went from living in a huge house to a tiny apartment in Santa Monica.

I was so drained and bitter during that time.”. A post shared by (@chesterbe) on Mar 6, 2017 at 3:20pm PSTBentley and Bennington were the victims of cyberstalking in 2006. That Bentley received an anonymous email in March of that year that read, “I’m very happy for you and Chester.” The emails persisted, and the couple began getting phone calls from an unknown number. “Someone called me 15 times between 4 am and 4:30,”.One such call was between Bentley and the alleged cyberstalker. “I’m watching you,” said the voice on the other line.

Bentley said “Whatever,” and the voice retorted by calling her a whore, according to Wired. 7/4/2007 Devon Townsend tells NM court of stalking Chester Bennington Linkin Park using gov. Computers to access his e-mail & cell voicemail— kim lookingbill (@seadolphin1)The mind games intensified as the emails began to list their daily routines in graphic detail, and Bentley discovered that some of the passwords on her computer had been changed.

“This person is hacking into everything,” Talinda recalled in an interview with Wired.She said she thought, “Are they watching me now? Are they here?” The former model added “I didn’t know who to trust. I literally only trusted my husband.

Our family and closest friends were all suspects.”After a year, the cyberstalker was discovered to be a man named Devon Townsend. That Townsend was found guilty of tampering with the couple’s email, as well as sending threatening messages, and was sentenced to two years in prison in 2008. A post shared by (@chesterbennington1999) on Mar 24, 2015 at 11:44am PDTBennington had one child, a son named Jamie, with former girlfriend Elka Brand. Jamie was born on May 12, 1996. He also decided to adopt Brand’s son Isaiah, a process that was finalized in 2006. Isaiah has spent the last decade living with Bennington and his stepmother, Bentley.Bennington had another son was with his first wife.

The two married in 1996, after his split from Brand, and they welcomed Draven Sebastian six years later on April 19, 2002. The couple eventually divorced in 2005.Chester Bennington and his wife Talinda Bentley and their children Chester Bennington and his wife Talinda Bentley and their children 2016-01-24T03:02:13.000ZHe remained a committed father while fronting numerous bands, and even left his tenure with in 2015 to spend more time with his kids.

“When I leave on tour with, they’re like, ‘Okay, we’ll see you when you get back.’ They understand what I’m doing, but when I would leave with STP they would cry,”, “I started realizing, I think they thought I was choosing to do that over being at home with them, because I would be done with Linkin Park and coming home.”It was just too hard on my family,” he added, “So I basically was like, you know what, I’ve got to stop being selfish here. When I’m not doing Linkin Park, I’ve got to be home with my babies.”.

Total commander for mac. John Shearer, AP ImagesHours after losing her husband, Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington to suicide on Thursday, Talinda Bentley was dealt another blow when hackers accessed her Twitter account and posted a series of crude comments under her name.Bobbie Gale, vice president of media and communicationsat Linkin Park's label, Warner Brothers Records, confirmed to USA TODAY that Bentley's verified account, @TalindaB, was hacked and said the underlying security issue 'is being dealt with.' The tweets, which began just after midnight, alleged that Bentley had been unfaithful to Bennington, whom she married in 2011 and with whom she had three children.Within the hour, @TheAnonJournal claimed via Twitter that they had removed the offensive posts.' We took care of it,' they wrote, offering their 'sincerest condolences' to Bentley.Gale did not identify who actually removed the false posts.Bennington's body was discovered Thursday morning in his Los Angeles-area home.

On Friday, Brian Elias, a spokesman for the county coroner's office, confirmed the 41-year-old singer hanged himself from a bedroom door.READ MORE ON THIS STORY.