Chester Bennington Funeral Memorabilia Pulled Off eBay

PALOS VERDES, CA – Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, died unexpectedly in July, and his family held a private funeral service in Rancho Palos Verdes to honor him. Afterward, memorabilia from the funeral started to pop up on eBay – with bids over $50,000 for the "memorial package," which included a program, wristband, lanyard and pin from the service, according to TMZ.

The alleged seller was identified on the Linkin Park subreddit, and multiple users pointed out that he had production credits on several Linkin Park projects and previously sold other memorabilia from the group, according to Complex. According to sources close to the late Bennington, they also believe it was someone who worked with Linkin Park in production, TMZ said.

EBay doesn't allow sales of items that "attempt to profit from tragedy," an eBay spokesperson told TMZ. The company contacted and educated the seller and told TMZ that further action will be taken if it happens again.

Bennington was found dead in Palos Verdes July 20. He was 41 years old. Los Angeles coroner's Chief Brian Elias confirmed Bennington's death is being investigated as a suicide.

Photo: Singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park performs during Spike TV's 10th annual Video Game Awards at Sony Pictures Studios on Dec. 7, 2012, in Culver City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)