Kurt Cobain
This photo was taken quite some time prior to his death, which was accomplished with a shotgun rather than a semiautomatic rifle.
In his later life, Kurt was plagued by intense stomach pain, one of the reasons he relied so much on drugs. Not an attempt to justify drug use, just his answer to the pain.
Four weeks before his death, Cobain attempted suicide in Italy, leaving him in a temporary coma, widely reported in the media at the time.
Suicide
Word spread quickly. MTV took the unprecedented step of ceasing all normal programming. An outdoor vigil in Seattle witnessed the playback of Cobain’s suicide note, recorded by his wife Courtney Love. One fan killed himself after this event. Several others scattered about the country also followed.


