Suicide of Kurt Cobain
 Kurt Cobain's Seattle home, adjacent to the greenhouse on his property where his death occurred (pictured in 2010) | |
| Date | c. April 5, 1994 |
|---|---|
| Location | 171 Lake Washington Blvd E, Denny-Blaine, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Type | Suicide by gunshot (twenty-gauge shotgun) |
| Deaths | Kurt Donald Cobain |
Kurt Cobain, the main singer and guitarist of the American rock band Nirvana, was found dead at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard in the Denny-Blaine (also called Harrison) area of Seattle, Washington, United States on April 8, 1994. Seattle Police Department and a coroner later said that they thought he died on April 5. This was three days before his body was found.[1] Police found Cobain with a Remington Model 11 20-gauge shotgun across his body and he had a gunshot wound to the head. A suicide note was found nearby. Seattle police later said his death was a suicide.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Kurt Cobain Dies on This Date in History: April 5, 1994". April 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Kurt & Courtney: No Nirvana. Seattle police files detail Nirvana singer's suicide". August 10, 1998. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Never-Before-Seen Police Photos From the Scenes of Kurt Cobain's Suicide". CBS News. November 29, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
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