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Kurt Cobain

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Kurt Cobain was an American musician. Born in Aberdeen Washington, he formed Nirvana, in high school. The band achieved international success with their single Smells Like Teen Spirit from the album Nevermind and were seen as the foremost proponents of a new style of “Grunge Rock”.  Cobain was married Courtney Love, the lead singer of Hole, and they had one child, Frances Bean Cobain. In 1994 Cobain committed suicide at his home.

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1975

Parents divorce

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At seven years old, Cobain’s parents divorce and he is sent to live with several different relatives. At one point, Cobain was homeless, reportedly living under a bridge. He later stated that the traumatic split made him feel insecure and unloved. He became increasingly difficult, anti-social and withdrawn. Cobain also said that the divorced fueled a lot of the anguish in Nirvana’s music.