Stars from the music world have paid tribute to US rock singer Chris Cornell following his death at the age of 52.
Cornell, best known as the frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave, died on Wednesday night in Detroit, leaving his devastated family in shock.
Elton John, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and producer Nile Rodgers spoke of their loss following the star's death, just hours after Soundgarden played a gig in Detroit.
Elton wrote on Twitter: "Shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Chris Cornell. A great singer, songwriter and the loveliest man."
Page wrote: "RIP Chris Cornell. Incredibly Talented. Incredibly Young. Incredibly Missed."
US rock musician Mark Lanegan, a contemporary from the Seattle grunge era, wrote simply: "RIP Chris Cornell. Damn."
Rodgers described Cornell as "my special brother".
He said in a statement to the Press Association that he could not process news of his death.
"I was asleep and my phone was jumping and one of our mutual friends - they were crying and bawling - and said 'Nile you won't believe this' and he said 'Chris is dead', I said 'Chris who?'
"Chris Cornell he's like 12 years younger than me, he's my friend and we'd go out together for dinner. We'd have dinner and laugh and joke and talk about the world," Rodgers said.
"I'm shocked, I don't even know how to deal with it."
Singer-songwriter Billy Idol tweeted: "Sad to hear of Chris Cornell passing, great singer and artist ... another blow ...RIP."
