Daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, born. [18 August 1992]
Ashes were scattered in McLane Creek- Olympia, a handful were scattered under the willow at the front of 171 Lake Washinton Boulevard, Seattle, another handful was givern to a Buddhist to make a tsatsu - a memorial sculpture.
Guitar and vocals for legendary alternative band Nirvana
Although Cobain's death was officially ruled a suicide, certain aspects about his death have led to speculation that he was murdered: - He had entirely too much heroin in his system at the time of his death to have been able to operate a shotgun. He would have been incapacitated within seconds of injecting it. - The so-called "suicide note" may have been a letter to his fans expressing his desire to quit both Nirvana and the music business altogether. - One of Cobain's credit cards was being used a few days before AND AFTER his death.
Another aspect about his death which has led to speculation that he was murdered: the angle in which the shotgun was found laying on the floor was not consistant with how it would have been found if he had actually shot himself.
R.E.M.'s 1994 song "Let Me In" is about him.
His songs have been covered by Tori Amos, Sinéad O'Connor, Herbie Hancock, and Branford Marsalis.
Patti Smith's "About a Boy" is about Cobain, as is Neil Young's "Sleeps with Angels."
His most famous song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was voted by Rolling Stone Magazine and MTV as the 3rd best pop song out of 100 of all time.
Was of Irish, English, German, and French ancestry.
Sister: Kim.
Half-sister: Brianne O'Conner.
Half-brother: Chad Cobain.
He's hailed by many as the most influential artist since the Second World War. His lyrics portray a musical virtuosity.
According to his widow, Courtney Love, Cobain left behind 109 unreleased, recorded songs when he died in 1994. Some are just song fragments, some music "collages", and about eight are acoustic numbers that Love deems good enough for release. One song, "Stinking of You", which he wrote with Love, includes the line "Stinking of you...I don't care if my life is shattered, it's my point of view..."
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