Talinda Ann Bentley is an American Model who was born on September 18, 1976, in Pheonix, Arizona. She came from a poor background and had to support herself in her teenage years by working several jobs. One job was as a waitress at a burger restaurant, another was teaching elementary students and a third was training animals to name a few. Bentley was always passionate about music and went on to attended the Los Angeles Music Academy where she graduated in 1995. In the early 2000s, Bentley began pursuing a career in modeling and achieved success at this career. She would even go on to be spotlighted in the College Girls section of "Playboy" magazine.
Bentley met and began dating Chester Bennington in 2004 after the pair had met through a mutual friend while Bentley was still modeling. At the time, Bennington was still married to his first wife Samantha Marie Olit but that didn't last much longer. In 2005, Bennington divorced Olit and married Bentley. The new couple would have three children together, a boy and two twin girls. Bennington's previous relationship also left him with three more sons from two different women. Tragic news struck Bentley on July 20, 2017, and she joined the world in mourning the death of Chester who had hung himself. She has kept her life very private since the tragic death of her husband.
