A Chris Cornell Statue Is Being Erected in Seattle

Chris Cornell will be forever memorialized in the city he was born and raised.

The grunge rock pioneer's widow, Vicky Cornell, announced on Friday (July 20) that a statue of her late husband will be erected at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture on August 29th. The news comes on what would have been Chris' 54th birthday.

Vicky hired sculptor Nick Marras to create a life-size bronze statue of the rockstar in his signature boots, dog tags and long hair. She says it's her family’s gift to “the tight-knit community that gave him his start.”

Chris helped jumpstart the grunge movement when he founded Soundgarden in 1984. He would go on to release six studio albums with that band, three with supergroup Audioslave and five solo albums.

Chris was found dead on May 18, 2017 in a Detroit hotel room just hours after a Soundgarden concert. His cause of death was suicide.

On Father's Day his daughter, Toni, paid tribute to her dad by recording a duet of her and Chris singing "Nothing Compares 2 U" using files she found of vocal tracks he had recorded just months before his death.

"Daddy, I love you and miss you so much," Toni wrote in a statement released via Chris' official Twitter account. "You were the best father anyone could ask for. Our relationship was so special, and you were always there for me. You gave me courage when I didn't have any. You believed in me when I didn't. I miss your love everyday."

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