In 1994 musician Kurt Cobain of Nirvana died suddenly from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound. His death was officially ruled a suicide at this time. However, in the years that followed his death was questioned by media and fans alike. His controversial marriage to singer Courtney Love in 1992 fueled the gossip surrounding his death. Their drug use was public knowledge and Cobain's use of heroin assisted the singers developing state of depression. After an attempted intervention by Love and several fellow musicians, Cobain's behavior became erratic and unpredictable.
On April 8th, 1994 Cobains body was found in his home with a shotgun and suicide note nearby. Whether he was actually suicidal has raised questions following his death. Many close to the singer say that he was not suicidal and that any information to the contrary came directly from Love.
The controversy of Cobain's death began when it was reportedly classified as a suicide at the scene before any review by a qualified medical examiner. Further examination revealed that Cobain had died several days before his body was found. A week prior, Love had hired Los Angeles County detective Tom Grant to try and locate her husband. Cobain had left a treatment facility unannounced and apparently had not been seen since. Grant maintained that Love was being less than truthful with him regarding her husbands disappearance and stated so in interviews and news reports.
When an examination was made of the evidence found near the victim, specifically the shotgun, suicide note and the pen use to write the note investigators were faced with a puzzling question. Why were there no prints left on any of these items if indeed the victim had used them prior to his death?
In addition, in 1998 Mentors bandleader Eldon Hoke was chronicled with saying that he was aware of someone having killed Cobain and that he in fact had been offered $50,000.00 to kill Cobain by Courtney Love. Within days of Hoke's statement he was killed by a train, never having revealed the supposed killer. Holk's revelations regarding Cobain's death and then his own sudden demise increased the mystery. To the public the case appeared to be one frought with cover up and one that demanded a reinvestigation. As to who may have pulled the trigger that ended the singers life, public opinion is divided. Many point towards Love while others maintain he died at his own hand.
Throughout his life Cobain was in and of himself an enigma. Talented yet haunted by his own demons, demons mutiplied by drugs, Cobain was destined to die an untimely death. The mystery as to what really happened to him is one that sells magazines, books, and films. Greatly missed and mourned by numerous fans, it is this that continues to breath life into the controversy of the death of Kurt Cobain.
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