{"id":56185,"date":"2017-05-25T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=56185"},"modified":"2017-05-25T00:01:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T05:01:29","slug":"chris-cornell-top-10-reasons-he-did-not-kill-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=56185","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS CORNELL &#8211; Top 10 Reasons He Did Not Kill Himself!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=56189\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chriscornellblackleatherjacket-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-56189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chriscornellblackleatherjacket-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chriscornellblackleatherjacket.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmdsite435x751lk-2-1.gif\" alt=\"TMD Rocks!\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs the world awaits the toxicology report of late SOUNDGARDEN vocalist Chris Cornell, whose death on May 18th was ruled a suicide by hanging, many other questions surrounding the tragic demise of the popular singer remains unanswered. Whether or not foul play is ever revealed in this strange case, TMD proposes the top 10 reasons why the legendary rocker did not take his own life.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n1. After the autopsy was completed and a &#8216;suicide due to hanging&#8217; ruling was made public, Vicky Cornell, his wife, immediately made it known she does not believe Chris killed himself, for he never showed any signs to anyone during his final days that he was depressed. She also posted an open <a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=56174\">letter<\/a> to her husband most recently, stating: <strong>&#8220;I will fight for you.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n2. Chris Cornell&#8217;s mother-in-law Toni Karayiannis took to Twitter to share her heartbreak that Cornell died, but also revealed that she and the rest of the family are determined to reveal the truth behind his death soon, stating for the record that they all knew he didn\u2019t <em>intentionally <\/em>leave them all behind.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When u read this u search for the truth ! What really happen not what they write! But soon we will know! That&#39;s a promise ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4LfD4xtpnE\">https:\/\/t.co\/4LfD4xtpnE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toni Karayiannis (@ToniKaras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToniKaras\/status\/865813197756014592\">May 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n3. <em>There was no suicide note.<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWith as strong of a connection as  Chris Cornell had to his family, it is really hard to believe that a man who took his own life did not pen a simple &#8220;Goodbye&#8221; note to his loved ones before he ended his time on earth. After all, Chris was a magical poet with the way he used words as a songwriter, right?<br \/>\n<br \/>\n4. Chris was looking forward to performing his next concert, and jokingly told the crowd at his final gig that they are going to have a tough time beating that night&#8217;s crowd in enthusiasm.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n5. Ativan is not known to have an adverse &#8216;suicidal side effect&#8217; on men in Chris Cornell&#8217;s age group. It does however seriously affect much younger children, teens and elderly.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nativan (lorazepam)  tablet<br \/>\n[Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc.]<br \/>\nRx only<\/p>\n<p>DESCRIPTION<\/p>\n<p>Ativan (lorazepam), an antianxiety agent, has the chemical formula, 7-chloro-5-(o-chlorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one:<\/p>\n<p>Chemical Structure<br \/>\nC15H10Cl2N2O2       MW: 321.16<\/p>\n<p>It is a nearly white powder almost insoluble in water. Each Ativan (lorazepam) tablet, to be taken orally, contains 0.5 mg, 1 mg, or 2 mg of lorazepam. The inactive ingredients present are lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and polacriline potassium.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLorazepam is not recommended for use in depressive neurosis or in psychotic reactions. Because of the lack of sufficient clinical experience, lorazepam is <strong>not recommended for use in patients less than 18 years of age. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><big><br \/>\n<strong>IN THE BEGINNING: &#8216;I Now Pronounce You Husband And Wife&#8230;&#8217; <\/strong><\/big><big><small><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs the story goes, Vicky Karayiannis and Chris Cornell married back in 2004. They were wed in Paris, France where Karayiannis is from. Their wedding featured agent Jeff Kwatinetz who acted as Cornell\u2019s Best Man, bringing along his then fianc\u00e9e, actress Brittany Murphy, to the wedding. Murphy herself died of a mysterious death in 2009.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=56188\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vicky-Karayiannis-cornell-Chris-Cornell-Wife_pictures-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-56188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vicky-Karayiannis-cornell-Chris-Cornell-Wife_pictures-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vicky-Karayiannis-cornell-Chris-Cornell-Wife_pictures-600x465.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vicky-Karayiannis-cornell-Chris-Cornell-Wife_pictures.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n6. Chris was totally devoted to his life with his wife and kids. Karayiannis, a former publicist, was by all accounts a really big influence on Cornell\u2019s life staying in a positive direction, and he even shared a romantic message via Vicky&#8217;s Twitter on this past Mother\u2019s Day to support that, just days before his  death. In the post, which featured a bouquet of pink roses, he referred to her as an \u201cangel and a lioness\u201d and even called her:<br \/>\n<br \/><big><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;The \u201cperfect mother\u201d and \u201cperfect wife&#8221;.<\/strong><small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vickycornell\">@vickycornell<\/a> you are an angel and a lioness. The perfect mother and the perfect wife. I love you! Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MothersDay2017?src=hash\">#MothersDay2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Olv4Wyh1zD\">pic.twitter.com\/Olv4Wyh1zD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Cornell (@chriscornell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chriscornell\/status\/863808502837522433\">May 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/small><\/big><big><br \/>\n<strong>The Chris &#038; Vicky Cornell Foundation<\/strong><small><br \/>\n<br \/>\n7. Chris wanted to keep doing work to help support abused kids. The Chris &#038; Vicky Cornell Foundation was formed in late 2012 with the mission to protect the most vulnerable children. While most of their philanthropic work to date has been private and anonymous, Chris and Vicky formed the Foundation based on their personal experience working in the child protection space. His worldwide acclaimed single &#8220;The Promise&#8221;, used over the ending credits of the movie of the same name in 2017 was released as a charity single on March 10, 2017, to help benefit the International Rescue Committee. The last two verses of this song connects us with one seriously spiritual human being.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNow my soul<br \/>\nIs stretching through the roots<br \/>\nto memories of you<br \/>\nBack through time and space<br \/>\nto carry home<br \/>\nThe faces and the names<br \/>\nAnd these photographs of you<br \/>\nRescued from the flames.<\/p>\n<p>And one promise you made<br \/>\nOne promise that always remains<br \/>\nNo matter the price<br \/>\nA promise to survive<br \/>\nPersevere and thrive<br \/>\nAnd dare to rise once more<br \/>\nA promise to survive<br \/>\nPersevere and thrive<br \/>\nAnd fill the world with <strong>life<\/strong><br \/>\nAs we&#8217;ve always done.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for victims of human trafficking, sexual abuse and survivors of torture, literal thousands of kids alleged to have been raped or killed by way of the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=56067\">&#8220;PedoGate&#8221;<\/a> scandal that has rocked Hollywood and Washington, finally exposed thanks to groundbreaking independent investigative news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E9I3s-krDuA\">journalism<\/a> on YouTube.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=56227\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56227\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChriscornellJesuslegend-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-56227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChriscornellJesuslegend-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChriscornellJesuslegend.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n8. Chris was raised Catholic&#8230; so he indeed had a relationship with God starting very young in life. If we are to believe that this loving husband and father knew of the afterlife, then that alone is enough to assess that he would not ever commit such a terrible sin.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n9. Chris said Soundgarden was working on a new album in one of his final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/tv\/chris-cornell-said-apos-soundgarden-103700188.html\">interviews<\/a>. He felt it was a very dynamic production and he seemed really excited to be working on it. Guitarist Kim Thayil stated for the record: \u201cIt\u2019s been a couple years of intermittent songwriting sessions,\u201d he said shortly before the start of Soundgarden\u2019s spring tour.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n10. One of SOUNDGARDEN&#8217;s most classic tunes is &#8220;The Day I Tried To Live&#8221; off 1994&#8217;s Superunknown album. The lyrics speak to the depth of Chris&#8217; deep understanding of his own mortality and the passion behind his belief in wanting to stay alive. Cornell in his own words on &#8220;The Day I Tried to Live&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about trying to step out of being patterned and closed off and reclusive, which I&#8217;ve always had a problem with. It&#8217;s about attempting to be normal and just go out and be around other people and hang out. I have a tendency to sometimes be pretty closed off and not see people for long periods of time and not call anyone. It&#8217;s actually, in a way, a hopeful song. Especially the lines &#8220;One more time around\/Might do it&#8221;, which is basically saying, &#8216;I tried today to understand and belong and get along with other people, and I failed, but I&#8217;ll probably try again tomorrow.&#8217; A lot of people misinterpreted that song as a suicide-note song. Taking the word &#8220;live&#8221; too literally. &#8220;The Day I Tried to Live&#8221; means more like the day I actually tried to open up myself and experience everything that&#8217;s going on around me as opposed to blowing it all off and hiding in a cave.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><big><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;The Day I Tried To Live&#8221;<\/strong><small><br \/>\n<br \/>\nI woke the same as any other day<br \/>\nExcept a voice was in my head<br \/>\nIt said seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade<br \/>\nAnd watch the rolling heads<\/p>\n<p>The day I tried to live<br \/>\nI stole a thousand beggar&#8217;s change<br \/>\nAnd gave it to the rich<\/p>\n<p>The day I tried to win<br \/>\nI dangled from the power lines<br \/>\nAnd let the martyrs stretch yeah<\/p>\n<p>Singing, one more time around<br \/>\nMight do it<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\nMight make it<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\nMight do it<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\nThe day I tried to live<\/p>\n<p>Words would you say<br \/>\nNever seem to live up to the ones inside your head<br \/>\nThe lives we make<br \/>\nNever seem to ever get us anywhere but dead<\/p>\n<p>The day I tried to live<br \/>\nI wallowed in the blood and mud with all the other pigs<\/p>\n<p>Singing, one more time around<br \/>\nMight do it<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\nMight make it<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\nMight do it<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\nThe day I tried to live, live<\/p>\n<p>I tried<\/p>\n<p>I woke the same as any other day you know<br \/>\nI should have stayed in bed<\/p>\n<p>The day I tried to win<br \/>\nI walled in the blood and mud with all the other pigs<br \/>\nAnd I learned that I was a liar (one more time around)<br \/>\nI learned that I was a liar (one more time around)<br \/>\nI learned that I was a liar (one more time around)<br \/>\nI learned that I was a liar (one more time around)<\/p>\n<p>Singing one more time around<br \/>\n(Might do it)<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\n(Might make it)<\/p>\n<p>One more time around<br \/>\n(Might do it)<br \/>\nOne more time around (might make it)<br \/>\nThe day I tried to live, live<\/p>\n<p>Just like you<br \/>\nJust like you<br \/>\nOne more time around<br \/>\nOne more time around<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dbckIuT_YDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chriscornell.com\/\">http:\/\/www.chriscornell.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/big><\/small><\/big><\/small><\/big><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the world awaits the toxicology report of late SOUNDGARDEN vocalist Chris Cornell, whose death&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56185"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56236,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56185\/revisions\/56236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}