Chris Cornell’s young daughter has paid tribute to her late father and Linkin Park musician Chester Bennington with a beautiful performance.
Tori Conell, 12, took to the stage with band OneRepublic, performing a moving rendition of Hallelujah aired on Good Morning America.
Celebrating the lives of both Chris and Chester, who tragically passed away earlier this year, Tori’s performance had the entire crowd in tears.
“It’s an honour to perform this for my dad and Chester and to sing for them,” she said on stage.
Cornell and Bennington had been friends for years, touring and performing together many times in the mid-2000’s. Bennington died on July 20, the same day that would have been Cornell’s 53rd birthday.
Linkin Park was scheduled to perform at Central Park as part of the “GMA” Summer Concert series, before Bennington’s death.
OneRepublic took a detour from their on-going nationwide tour to join “GMA” in place of Linkin Park, and celebrate the legacy of Bennington and Cornell.
OneRepublic told ABC News it was an honor to pay tribute to their beloved colleagues.
“Chester sang this at Chris’ funeral, and this is arguably one of the greatest songs written in the last 50 years,” OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder said of the song “Hallelujah.” “It’s a very special song to us, and I think to most people and especially to Toni [Cornell] as well.”
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