# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chester-bennington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:25.796Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/chester-bennington"
name: "Chester Bennington"
slug: "chester-bennington"
description: "Chester Charles Bennington was an American singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, and Stone Temple Pilots at various points in his career."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter and musician (1976–2017)"
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gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-03-20"
deathDate: "2017-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
  category: 195
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump