Chris Cornell

Christopher John Boyle (July 20, 1964 - May 18, 2017), better known as Chris Cornell, was a musician, singer, and songwriter best known as lead vocalist for the bands "Soundgarden" and "Autoslave".

Death
Around 12:15am on May 18, 2017, Chris Cornell was found dead by his bodyguard in the bathroom of his room at the MGM Grand in Detroit, Michigan after performing at a show with Soundgarden at the Fox Theatre on May 17. He was lying on the floor with an exercise band around his neck. Paramedics arrived at the scene just before 1 a.m. and performed CPR on him. Cornell was pronounced dead at 1:30am on May 18. The cause of death was determined to be suicide by hanging. He was 52 years old.

Footage of his final concert was posted to YouTube.