Video: Chris Cornell’s Widow Opens Up About Addiction And Why He Took His Life
Vicky Cornell, widow of late singer Chris Cornell, sits down with @RobinRoberts. She opens up on his battle with addiction, which she believes played a part in his suicide: https://t.co/liNUL2DjSe pic.twitter.com/FQbtuROYlX
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Vicky Cornell, the widow of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell who committed suicide last May, is opening up on his battle with addiction, which she believes played a part in his decision to take his life.
“My husband was the furthest thing from a rock star junkie. He just wasn’t,” Vicky Cornell told ABC News’ Robin Roberts in her first television interview since the family tragedy. “He was the best husband, the greatest father. I lost my soulmate and the love of my life.”
Chris Cornell, 52, was found dead in a Detroit hotel room on May 18, 2017. His death was ruled a suicide, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office. Vicky Cornell has previously said that she believes her husband’s medication may have played a part in his suicide.
“He wanted to be there for his family, for his children,” Vicky Cornell added. “He loved his life … he would never have ever left this world.”
“I don’t think that he could make any decisions because of the level of impairment,” Vicky Cornell, who wed the former Soundgarden frontman in 2004, said.
Addiction sucks ass. No one knows the pain of the darkness that comes with addiction and the circle of grief people live in.
On the outside, there’s someone that you think has no reason to be sad but they are. And they want it to stop. It’s like a wave pool of shittiness you can’t climb out of and sometimes the waves make you so tired death seems like a peaceful finish line.
It’s easy to condemn suicide as selfish and point out the wreckage it leaves behind. What’s not easy to do is empathize with someone who’s battled those waves for 20 years or more.
Think about that when you send your next shitty tweet or pull someone down to lift yourself up.
Be kind. Someone might be battling something inside you can’t see from the outside.
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