Party Rock Anthem Singer Lauren Bennett Died by Suicide, Inquest Finds
The 36-year-old singer, known for the 2011 hit, died in woods near her home after telling her husband she was going for a walk, an inquest concluded.
Party Rock Anthem singer Lauren Bennett died by suicide, an inquest has concluded. The 36-year-old was found in woods near her home in Kent after telling her husband she was going for a morning walk.
Her husband, actor and choreographer Kenny Wormald, discovered Bennett's body after she failed to return, prompting a search by him and her father, Richard. Bennett, also known as a member of the girl group GRL, had been suffering from a mental health disorder, the hearing was told.
On the night before her death, Bennett had informed her husband of her intention to go for a walk between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. near their Meopham residence. "After a few hours I started to get worried after Lauren had not returned," Wormald stated.
The singer's disappearance triggered a search by her husband and father around the family home. Police analysis of Bennett's phone revealed numerous calls from family members. Wormald used a 'find my phone' feature to locate her; her phone was found in dense forest approximately a 15-minute walk from the property.
Assistant Coroner Jyoti Gill ruled at Maidstone Coroners' Court that Bennett died by suicide by hanging. Gill noted that Bennett had experienced a "deterioration in her mental health since January 2026."
Following her marriage to Wormald in the U.S. in 2019, Bennett was diagnosed with fragile X syndrome, a condition that can lead to anxiety. In January of the same year, she received psychiatric care between the 16th and the 23rd after going several days without sleep. The coroner's court heard that during this period of deterioration, Bennett would question her reality, and her father would attempt to distract her with games.
She had been prescribed various medications following her psychiatric care. In a statement read in court, Richard Bennett stated that prior to her death, she was experiencing "bad reactions to medications which she stopped weeks previously."
A toxicology report conducted after her death found "nothing of toxicological significance." Police searches of the singer's property uncovered "letters of intent" in her bedside drawer. However, the court was informed that Bennett had not disclosed her intentions to others. A statement from a member of the Early Intervention Psychosis team indicated that Bennett "did not disclose any information she would harm herself" and was "not referred to the crisis team." Wormald also stated that while Bennett was very open with him, she "never gave any details about her ending her own life."