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On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer and guitarist of the American rock band Nirvana, was found dead at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard in Seattle, Washington. Forensic investigators and a coroner later determined that Cobain had died on April 5, three days prior to the discovery of his body. [1]
Aug 12, 1994 · He was probably a mis- or undiagnosed depressive, which runs in my family. My grandfather, I would say, died from that, ’cause he tried to commit suicide and eventually died from the injuries.
- EW Staff
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- Nirvana Hits The Scene — While Their Frontman Struggles in Private
- The Last Months Before The Death of Kurt Cobain
- The Days That Preceded Cobain’s Death
- The Tragic Suicide of Kurt Cobain
- Questions Emerge About How Kurt Cobain Died
- The World Mourns The Death of An Icon
According to Charles R. Cross’ definitive biography of Kurt Cobain, Heavier Than Heaven, he was a joyous child, not at all mired in the gloom that dominated much of his life from adolescence onward. From the time he was born in Aberdeen, Washington on Feb. 20, 1967, Kurt Cobain was, by all accounts, a happy kid. But even though his sadness may not ...
From a young age, Kurt Cobain began playing guitar, drawing pictures of himself as a rock star, and eventually jamming with a variety of amateur musicians in the Seattle scene. Eventually, after years of small gigs and increasing popularity, a 20-year-old Cobain found the bandmates that would become Nirvana. With Krist Novoselic on bass and (after ...
The tour for Nirvana’s third and final album, In Utero, kicked off its European leg in February 1994, less than two years after Kurt Cobain had married Love and she’d given birth to their daughter, Frances. Despite all the ways in which his life was moving forward, Cobain had not found happiness. It only took five days for him to suggest canceling ...
The night of the intervention, Kurt Cobain went back to his dealer’s apartment, desperate for answers to two tragic questions: “Where are my friends when I need them? Why are my friends against me?” Love later said she regretted leaving the intervention as she did and that her stern approach was a mistake. “That ’80s tough-love bullshit — it doesn’...
The truth is, nobody knows exactly what happened between April 4 and April 5, and some details about how Kurt Cobain died remain unknown. What is known, however, is that the house was searched three times for the singer while he was still alive and apparently nobody thought to check the garage or the greenhouse above it. At some point on or before ...
The coroner’s report deemed Kurt Cobain’s death a suicide by gunshot. However, toxicology reports later indicated, according to Tom Grant, the private investigator that Love had hired to find Cobain, that no man could ever ingest as much heroin as they found in Cobain’s body and still be capable of operating a shotgun, much less point its long barr...
“I don’t think any of us would be in this room tonight if it weren’t for Kurt Cobain,” Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam said on stage during a Washington, D.C. concert the night Kurt Cobain’s death was announced. He left the audience with a simple plea: “Don’t die. Swear to God.” Outside of Kurt Cobain’s Seattle home, fans started gathering. “I just came ...
Mar 18, 2024 · On April 5, 1994, music icon Kurt Cobain died by suicide inside the greenhouse above the garage at his Seattle home at the age of just 27. When the investigation began once his body was found three days later, police found heroin, cigarettes, a shotgun, and Kurt Cobain’s suicide note.
Mar 16, 2024 · When Seattle police came upon the scene of Kurt Cobain's death by suicide on April 8, 1994, they took tragic photos that capture the full tragedy of his demise.
Apr 5, 2024 · Kurt Cobain was 27 when he died in 1994. But he suffered with physical and mental health issues, as was apparent by the early 1990s, and he later developed substance addiction. His death came...
Apr 9, 1994 · SEATTLE — Kurt Cobain, who with his band Nirvana shaped modern rock music from the restless alienation of today’s youth, was found dead Friday, an apparent suicide from a shotgun blast to the...
