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21st Jul 2017

Author’s powerful thread on depression and suicide after death of Chester Bennington

Tony Cuddihy

Author Matt Haig has written a powerful Twitter thread on the subjects of suicide and depression following the death of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington.

Bennington was found dead at his home on Thursday at the age of just 41, having died by suicide.

Matt Haig, who had written a memoir about his life with depression called ‘Reasons To Stay Alive,’ took to Twitter to try and get the point across that, ‘things will change.’

https://twitter.com/matthaig1/status/888162347256303618

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