'Your talent was pure': Tributes flow after the death of grunge icon Chris Cornell

NZ Herald

18 May, 2017 07:50 PM4 mins to read

Tributes are flowing from fellow musicians after the death of Chris Cornell at the age of 52.

Tributes are flowing from heartbroken friends and musicians after Chris Cornell's death.

The Soundgarden and Audioslave front man died at the age of 52 following a Soundgarden concert in Detroit.

Fellow musicians have reacted in shock and sadness at the news.

Linkin Park front man Chester Bennington posted a lengthy tribute on Twitter, saying he was "weeping with sadness" after hearing the news.

Cornell's Audioslave band mate Tom Morello said he was "devastated and deeply saddened".

And Courntey Love said simply: "Goodbye darling boy. Please say hi to all my loved ones. I cried for you today. Rip."

Chester Bennington

With all of my love @chriscornell. pic.twitter.com/NFz0dnxfp8
— Chester Bennington (@ChesterBe) May 18, 2017

Tom Morello

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I love you, brother. Thank you for your friendship and your humor and your intellect and your singular and unmatched talent. It was a great honor to know you as a friend and as a band mate. I am devastated and deeply saddened that you are gone dear friend but your unbridled rock power, delicate haunting melodies and the memory of your smile are with us forever. Your beautiful voice and beautiful self will always be in my heart. God bless you and your family.

A post shared by Tom Morello (@tommorello) on May 18, 2017 at 7:35am PDT

Courtney Love

Timbaland

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He was one of the best I've worked with. I can even say one of my favorite albums I was honored to work on. #gonetosoon I give my condolences to his family. #rip @chriscornellofficial 🙏🏾

A post shared by Timbo the King - CEO (@timbaland) on May 18, 2017 at 9:16am PDT

Black Sabbath

Rest in Peace @ChrisCornell https://t.co/wL4TjJg3lB pic.twitter.com/Ps2aPIBbSQ
— BlackSabbath (@BlackSabbath) May 18, 2017

Ben Weinman

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This picture of Chris was taken side stage Sunday night. At this point I had seen soundgarden probably 20 times and he had never sounded so good. This man was a unicorn to me. Words can not describe how confused I am over this. My heart goes out to his beautiful family and the band. RIP 💔

A post shared by B̷EN ₩EINMA₦ (@benweinman) on May 18, 2017 at 2:15am PDT

Talib Kweli

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RIP Chris Cornell. A frontman's frontman.

A post shared by Talib Kweli (@talibkweli) on May 18, 2017 at 8:39am PDT

Sean Lennon

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Chris Cornell R.I.P. 1964-2017 Condolences to friends and family and fans. One of my favorite songwriters. One of my biggest influences actually. I'll be chasing Black Hole Sun forever. We met once at a jam session in Seattle. You were shockingly humble. Too much talent. Soundgarden absolutely needs to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Not that it mattered to Chris. He didn't care. But as he said, the fans do and that's why it matters. It's so sad. 52 is way way too young. @soundgarden

A post shared by Sean Ono Lennon (@sean_ono_lennon) on May 18, 2017 at 9:42am PDT

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