'This has hit him very hard': Brad Pitt 'in shock' over the deaths of his two great friends Brad Grey and Chris Cornell
The recent deaths of former Paramount CEO Brad Grey and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell have reportedly left their mutual friend Brad Pitt crushed.
'He is devastated and in shock. He is trying to process the loss of two great friends. This has hit him very hard,' a source has said to E! News.
Cornell was found dead Wednesday night and his demise at 52 has been ruled a suicide, according to Reuters, while Grey died at 59 last Sunday of what a spokeswoman for his family revealed was cancer, per the New York Times.
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'He is devastated and in shock': The recent deaths of former Paramount CEO Brad Grey and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell have reportedly left their mutual friend Brad Pitt crushed
'With Brad Grey, Brad Pitt was one of the few people who knew he was sick. Grey was told he had a few weeks to live, but he didn't even get that long. He was gone way too soon,' the source went on to claim to E! News.
Cornell was discovered dead in the bathroom of his hotel room at the MGM Grand Detroit, having played onstage with Soundgarden in town earlier that evening.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office has issued a statement indicating that 'The cause of death has been determined as hanging by suicide,' and noting that 'A full autopsy report has not yet been completed.'
Pictured in 2009: Cornell was found dead Wednesday night and his demise at 52 has been ruled a suicide, according to Reuters
Shown this January: Grey died at 59 last Sunday of what a spokeswoman for his family revealed was cancer, per the New York Times
Pitt and Cornell were longtime friends who'd spent time together with some of their respective children, per Yahoo!; Brad has six and Chris is survived by three.
Less than a year apart in age, the two of them and Sting all took the stage together on the evening of January 14 this year for the ROCK4EB! fundraiser in Malibu.
Chairman and CEO of Paramount since 2005, Grey resigned earlier this year after the company hit choppy waters, including strain at the box office.
Pals: Pitt and Cornell were longtime friends who'd spent time together with some of their respective children, per Yahoo!; they're pictured at an event for Pitt's 2011 film Moneyball
In 2001, when Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston - whom he infamously left for the woman who became his second wife, Angelina Jolie, who filed for divorce from him last September - the Brads and Jennifer co-founded Plan B Entertainment.
Yet the year Grey rose to his role atop Paramount was also the year Pitt and Aniston split up, and she's no longer an owner of the company.
Starting in 2005, Plan B had a deal with Paramount, though in 2013, it moved to a deal with New Regency and RatPac Entertainment, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Seen offstage: Less than a year apart in age, the two of them and Sting all took the stage together on the evening of January 14 this year for the ROCK4EB! fundraiser in Malibu
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