May 18 (Reuters): Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell died of hanging by suicide, the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office said today.

Cornell, 52, was found dead in his Detroit hotel bathroom last night after playing a concert in the city with the grunge band.

Detroit police spokesman Dan Donakowski said that officers were called to Cornell's hotel around midnight by a friend of the musician and found Cornell "laying in his bathroom, unresponsive and he had passed away". Cornell, the lead singer of Soundgarden, had tweeted earlier yesterday: "#Detroit finally back to Rock City !!!!