The 42 years old wife of late Chester Bennington is a superwoman when we know more of her than being just the popular singer’s widow. Talinda Ann Bentley is a former ‘Playboy’ model. She remained so for two years starting with the College Girls’ section of the magazine to becoming the regular face in the spring issues for two consecutive years.
Apart from her past and her husband’s identity, Talinda’s 320 Changes Direction Campaign is a hugely positive initiative. After the shocking death of her husband by depressional suicide, Bentley started the campaign to address those who have mental health issues and addiction. The focus of the initiative is to build a network of questions and answers related to mental health. With this, people can openly speak of their emotional state and that the others can help them through.
Talinda Ann Bentley: Early Life
Bentley was born on September 18, 1976, in Indio, California, United States. She was a poor little girl who has many struggle stories to tell from her early life. In spite of her family’s economic adversity, Bentley somehow managed to complete her school education. In addition, she graduated from a music academy in Los Angeles in 1995.
Meantime, Bentley took whatever jobs came up her way. Working at a burger place, teaching, bartending, animal training and what else, she embraced them all.
With her, just perfect slim body build, Talinda gave a shot to modeling. It was the mid-2000s that she got a big break in the Playboy Magazine. Before she was only having small breaks.
Talinda Ann Bentley: Marriage to Musician Chester Bennington
Chester and Bentley came to know each other from common friend musician Ryan Shuck. The two fell in love and started living together from December 2004. Chester was having a rough time, struggling with his addiction, recent divorce when Bentley came in his life. Chester realized that she was the one at that instance.
Bentley, however, helped him through all the bads. Chester even made a song for her titled ‘Give Me Your Name’. The two got married in 2005 and forever until the sad demise of her husband.
Talinda Ann Bentley: Children
Talinda bore three children of Chester namely Tyler Lee Bennington (son), Lily and Lila Bennington (twin daughters). Besides the couple had also adopted Chester’s children from his ex-wife and those from his girlfriend. Chester loved his children very much and so does Bentley.
Talinda Ann Bentley: Personal Life/Interest
Bentley loves spending time riding, or with friends. Moreover, work out is her favorite thing to do. Her love for animals is equally observed from her petting horses and other animals.
As a person and as a wife of a great musician who died of suicide, Talinda launched the 320 Changes Direction Campaign in the honor of her husband to help break the disgrace towards mental illness.
Speaking of her interest in music, she is fond of her husband’s music- Dead by Sunrise and Depeche Mode form her favorite’s list.
Furthermore, Bentley finds happiness in small things. She has a tattoo that involves little hearts, the birthdays of each of her family inside each heart on her right arm. It was her husband’s idea to do so.
Bentley lost her husband who loved her and who she loved. She is a strong woman, no wonder. And she keeps expressing via social media that she is healing and rebuilding and all. This way she tells her husband’s fans that they need to be emotionally strong, too.
Chester and Bentley: Victim of Cyber Stalking
A cyberstalker named Devon Townsend once harassed the couple for nearly a year. He would tamper their emails and threaten them via messages. Later the stalker was sent to jail. After an hour, the death of Chester, some hackers hack the account of Bentley and post saying she married the singer for money. And further, the singer suicide because of her affair with one of the band members. Though the status was deleted soon after it posted.
