Chris Cornell Dies at Age 52

Posted on May 18, 2017

Update 1:45 p.m. – DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the death of musician Chris Cornell in Detroit. A medical examiner has determined that Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell killed himself by hanging in a Detroit hotel room following a concert. A full autopsy report was not yet completed Thursday afternoon. Two Detroit newspapers had earlier cited a police spokesman Cornell was found with “a band around his neck.” A different Detroit Police spokesman, Michael Woody, told The Associated Press Thursday that he could not confirm that Cornell died with a band around his neck. The Detroit Free Press reported that Detroit police social media manager Dontae Freeman said Cornell was found dead in a hotel room at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel with “a band around his neck.” The Detroit News cited Freeman in a similar report. The 52-year-old Cornell had just performed with Soundgarden at Detroit’s Fox Theatre.

 

Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, Audiosalve, Temple of the Dog died Wednesday night, May 17th in a Detroit hotel after a show. Sources said that Cornell’s wife called a family friend to check on Cornell where the friend had to force the hotel door open and found Cornell dead in the bathroom with something around his neck. Chris Cornell was 52.