In a recent interview with “itsJoekMusic | Another Day In The Underground,” Jaime Bennington (son of the late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington) revealed a few details about his dad’s financial struggles in the years leading up to his death.
“As he gains his stardom and ‘Hybrid Theory’ becomes one of the greatest debut albums of all time by industry standards, he gets more money and he gets more affluence,” Jaime began.
“But he always was somebody who, like, lost his money. He always lost his money. He lost it to his first wife. Apparently, by the time he died, he was owing money, and he was asking people for seven figure loans.”
He continued: “When I was a junior in college around 2013-2014, he had to brief me about the fact that he may not have enough money to actually put me through college all the way – even though that was one of his promises. So, I don’t know why his money was always gone, but you know it was one of those things where he lived almost like he was poor when he had a lot of money or was supposed to.”
While his son may claim Chester was broke, the singer was supposedly worth around $30 million when he passed away in 2017, according to Celebrity Net Worth. It should be noted, however, that there are cases of individuals with a high net worth being asset rich, but cash poor.
