Former girlband star and LMFAO collaborator Lauren Bennett has died aged 37.
Bennett was best known for her feature spot on 2011 chart-topping hit Party Rock Anthem, and her time in band GRL.
Her ex-bandmates confirmed her death in a heartbreaking statement on Monday which read, ‘It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Lauren.
‘Our hearts are broken, and we cannot begin to express how much she meant to us. We will forever cherish the love, laughter, and countless memories she gave us.
‘Her beautiful spirit touched so many lives, and she will be deeply missed and forever loved.
‘Rest peacefully, sweet Lauren. You will always be in our hearts. Your GRLS, Em, Tash, and P.’
Former girlband star and LMFAO collaborator Lauren Bennett has died aged 37 – pictured 2014
Bennett was best known for her feature spot on 2011 chart-topping hit Party Rock Anthem – pictured with LMFAO’s Redfoo and Skyblu in 2011
The death comes 12 years after Bennett’s GRL bandmate Simone Battle (seen center in 2013) died by suicide aged 25 – Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula Van Oppen also pictured
The death comes 12 years after Bennett’s GRL bandmate Simone Battle died by suicide aged 25.
The band, created as a reincarnation of the Pussycat Dolls and formed by Robyn Antin, was also comprised of Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula Van Oppen.
Bennett is survived by one daughter, Harlow, aged six, who she shares with dancer and Footloose actor Kenny Wormald.
In 2015, months after the suicide of Battle, which ultimately ended GRL, Bennett spoke out on her grief and the group’s final rehearsal.
‘You can never prepare yourself for something like this, ever,’ group member Lauren Bennett told PEOPLE.
‘We’d just been in rehearsals the day before, learning choreography for our show, and the next day we were starting the morning as usual when we got the call.’
‘I still can’t believe it. I don’t think any of us can. It’s weird that we’re even sitting here, talking about it.’
Van Oppen said that time has allowed them to regroup and process what happened to Battle.
‘She was such a strong woman, and very independent, and we had no idea what she was going through, or her pain,’ Van Oppen says.
‘We admire how prideful she was, but now we just wish she’d let us in a little bit so maybe we could have helped her.
‘Now we want to spread that message that it’s okay to talk about, and help people, maybe even change the world.’
Bennett is survived by one daughter, Harlow, aged six, who she shares with dancer and Footloose actor Kenny Wormald
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