Well, 2017 is no 2016 at least,
but it still can hurt us, it seems.I'm still alive because of this man -- his music helped me externalize my trauma so it didn't eat me up from the inside out. A shame I couldn't have returned the favor. Later, other singers helped fill that gap, but Chester was the very first in that line -- and I hope he's the last to die by suicide. I know that I'll likely live long enough to watch Marilyn Manson, Amy Lee, Tarja Turunen, and others get old and pass on, but seriously... I don't want to see another suicide.
Especially because these singers all helped me avoid that fate for such a long time.
Please, gods above, let this be the last suicide.