Detroit May 18, 2017 5:49 am Singer Chris Cornell Has Died at Age 52 Rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52, according to his representative. Cornell died in Detroit, where he was on tour. Local 0:34 Video shows moment Milwaukee news crew witnesses hit-and-run 1:20 WATCH: School bus crashes into mobile home in South Carolina 1:13 1 dead, 30 hospitalized after plane hit with severe turbulence 2:42 Jennifer Lopez reveals how she came up with iconic one-liner in ‘Atlas' 2:42 Nina Dobrev hospitalized after bike accident