Chester Bennington laid to rest in private funeral

Mumbai July 31 (IANS) Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington was laid to rest in a private service.

The funeral took place on Saturday in Rancho Paolo Verdes California.

According to tmz.com over 200 of Bennington s close friends and family were in attendence.

All guests were provided with a yellow wristband and a pass with Bennington s picture on it - similar to the type of admission items VIP fans would receive at a concert reports people.com.

Austin Carlile - the former lead singer of the band Of Mice and Men - posted a photograph of the passes on Instagram.

In the photograph the back of the guest pass has an image of Bennington singing into a crowd that is illuminated by the light from the cell phones of concertgoers.

"The service today was beautiful. Thank you Linkin Park thank you Chester. For everything " Carlile wrote.

Bennington was found dead in his Palos Verdes Estates home on July 20. On July 24 the Los Angeles County Coroner s Office confirmed that Bennington died of suicide by hanging.

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