In search of higher truth

Actor-comedian Jim Carrey went down memory lane and cherished an autographed guitar from late Chris Cornell and his Soundgarden bandmates. The band and the actor featured in one of the episodes of Saturday Night Live, a US late-night show, in 1996. After Cornell’s death on Wednesday, Carrey tweeted a photo of the guitar and captioned it: “This is the guitar that Chris Cornell and Soundgarden gave to me the night we did ‘SNL’ together. A very special man.” Cornell, the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, died last week. He was 52. After news of his passing, a host of celebrities including actor-producer Brad Pitt, Led Zeppelin rocker Jimmy Page and producer-musician Nile Rodgers paid tribute to him on Twitter.

Before suicide

Singer Chris Cornell seemed to be really fighting to get through his show here before suicide, says a friend. Nearly 48 hours after Cornell died following a performance at Detroit’s Fox Theatre on Wednesday, loved ones of the late rocker returned to the Michigan concert venue to pay their respects. 

Among the roughly 50 mourners was Detroit artiste and musician Kevin Morris — a friend of Cornell’s and onetime roadie for the singer’s bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. —IANS