Chris Cornell, Soundgarden and Audioslave rocker, dead at 52
Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the grunge rock band Soundgarden, has died aged 52.
The musician's representative described his death on Wednesday night as "sudden and unexpected", and said his wife and family were shocked by it.
Cornell, who formed Soundgarden in 1984, was one of the leading voices of the 1990s grunge movement originating out of Seattle. He went on to form the noughties supergroup Audioslave.
Among his most famous songs were Soundgarden's 1994 grunge theme Black Hole Sun and Hunger Strike, a 1991 hit for another of his rock bands, Temple Of The Dog.
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden and Audioslave rocker, dead at 52