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Soundgarden star Chris Cornell's tragic death after breaking years of sobriety

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Chris Cornell tragically took his own life on May 18 2017, just over four years ago, and today would have marked the songwriter, singer and guitarist's 57th birthday.

Chris was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in two of the biggest guitar bands of the 1990s, Soundgarten and Audioslave, and the sound of those bands helped define the grunge movement popular in the era.

He'll be remembered for tracks including Soundgarden's Grammy Award -winning hits Spoonman and Black Hole Sun. The band had sold an estimated 30 million records worldwide.

With Audioslave, Chris had further success, and is remembered for singles including Be Yourself and Like A Stone. It was touring with Soundgarden in 2017 though that Chris tragically took his own life.

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