DragonKing Dark: The death of Chris Cornell

The series continues: 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history, as we follow up on the story about Chester Bennington with the death of Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog frontman Chris Cornell.

The stories have a lot of similarities. Both battled depression, both were of the same era and musical genre. What was going on that so tragically impacted so many stars of this era? Today we look at the life and death of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell.

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Karl Stern
Karl Stern

Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.