Damn. That blows. Audioslave are one of my favourites. I had always hoped for a fourth album. The voice of that man was amazing. Truly one of the greats.
Don't forget Temple of the Dog. He put that group together in the early 90s to pay tribute to the late Andrew Wood (one of the pioneers of grunge and singer of Mother Love Bone). Makes it somehow more sad to see him dying young also.
I guess I'm going to be listening to a lot of Cornell over the next few weeks.
Sounds like his suicide might have been caused by the anti-anxiety medication he was on. Apparently he took a couple extra that night and one of the side effects is suicidal thoughts.
Each new revelation about this story has been a gut punch, but I'd like to think that it might at least be some comfort to his wife and kids that he never really meant to leave them.