REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEW YORK -- Grup band Linkin Park merilis pernyataan emosional terkait kepergian Chester Bennington. Vokalis utama Linkin Park itu meninggal dunia dengan bunuh diri pada pekan lalu.

Linkin Park menulis surat untuk sang vokalis dan mengekspresikan kesedihan usai kematiannya. Linkin Park juga memberikan penghormatan pada Bennington terkait kontribusinya untuk band dan penggemar.

"Hati kami hancur," tulis band tersebut dalam surat yang diunggah di Facebook seperti dikutip dari Time, Senin (24/7).

Band rock asal AS itu mengaku masih merasa terkejut dan belum bisa menerima kenyataan yang sudah terjadi. "Kehilanganmu menyisakan lubang yang tak pernah bisa terisi. Keceriaan, ambisi, kreatif, kebaikan, dan suara yang jujur dari kamar ini telah hilang," tulis Linkin Park.

Grup Band yang mulai populer sejak akhir 1990-an itu juga mengapresiasi Bennington karena telah menjadi pemersatu dan mengajak seluruh personel Linkin Park untuk menjadi lebih humanis. Setelah kematian Bennington, Linkin Park membatalkan tur untuk album terbaru mereka One More Light. Linkin Park juga belum menentukan sikap terkait masa depan band tersebut.

Berikut pernyatannya:

Dear Chester,

Our hearts are broken. The shockwaves of grief and denial are still sweeping through our family as we come to grips with what has happened.

You touched so many lives, maybe even more than you realized. In the past few days, we’ve seen an outpouring of love and support, both public and private, from around the world. Talinda and the family appreciate it, and want the world to know that you were the best husband, son, and father; the family will never be whole without you.

Talking with you about the years ahead together, your excitement was infectious. Your absence leaves a void that can never be filled—a boisterous, funny, ambitious, creative, kind, generous voice in the room is missing. We’re trying to remind ourselves that the demons who took you away from us were always part of the deal. After all, it was the way you sang about those demons that made everyone fall in love with you in the first place. You fearlessly put them on display, and in doing so, brought us together and taught us to be more human. You had the biggest heart, and managed to wear it on your sleeve.

Our love for making and performing music is inextinguishable. While we don’t know what path our future may take, we know that each of our lives was made better by you. Thank you for that gift. We love you, and miss you so much.

Until we see you again,

LP

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