Vicky Cornell Describes Final Night and Conversation with Husband Chris Cornell: 'You Don't Sound Right, Sweetheart'
Vicky Cornell has come forward with more details about her ominous final conversation with her late husband, Chris Cornell. Within the hour before his body was found hanging in his hotel room in Detroit after a performance with his band Soundgarden at the Fox Theater, Chis and Vicky had a conversation over the phone where something was clearly not right.
Through TMZ who released the story, new information has also emerged that when Chris' body was found he had fresh track marks on his arm indicating he might have been taking drugs.
The tragedy began for Vicky when she started noticing the lights in the family home started to flick on and off. Chris could control the lights from his phone, so she called him. Though Chris replied that he hadn't been messing with the lights now, he said that he had been an hour ago. This stood out to Vicky, as an hour ago he was still performing with Soundgarden. At this point Vicky started to notice Chris was slurring his words.
"I blew my voice. I blew my voice," Chris started saying of the concert, complaining that his team blew it up by not fixing his in-ears.
"You don't sound right, sweetheart," Vicky replied, after which Chris mentioned that he had taken two Ativan pills, a drug which has calming effects and reduces anxiety. "I need to know what you took. It doesn't sound like 2 Ativan. It sounds like you took something else," Vicky said. "You need to tell me now what you took. I forgive you."
Chris' tone started to change at this point, allegedly turning arrogant, which invoked a memory Vicky had about Chris from 14 years back when he was addicted to drugs.
After Chris changed the topic again, Vicky ended the conversation and called on his bodyguard to check up on him. The bodyguard had to knock down one of Chris' hotel doors, but was struggling to get through the bathroom door to reach him. Vicky then called the hotel with a second phone, where she told them that he was having a heart attack and they needed to open the door. She was still on the phone with Chris' bodyguard when he finally knocked down the second door and found his hanging body with the fresh track marks.
Vicky reportedly hanged up with Chris just 30 minutes before he was found by the bodyguard.
Fans across social media are still mourning Chris' death. In addition to shared prayers and thoughts, fans have made his name a trending topic as more details continue to emerge.
