Kurt Cobain's Seattle home, the location of his death (pictured in 2010)
Date
April 5, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-04-05)
Location
171 Lake Washington Blvd E, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Deaths
1
On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer and guitarist of the American rock band Nirvana, was found dead at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard in Seattle, Washington. Forensics investigators and a coroner later determined that Cobain had died on April 5, three days prior to the discovery of his body.[1] The Seattle Police Department incident report stated that Cobain was found with a shotgun across his body, had suffered a visible gunshot wound to the head, and that a suicide note had been discovered nearby. Seattle police confirmed Cobain's death as a suicide.[2][3]
Following his death, conspiracy theories that Cobain was murdered were spread and reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, partially due to an Unsolved Mysteries episode dedicated to Cobain's death.[4]
^"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.
^Papenfuss, Mary (May 10, 2021). "FBI Releases File On Suspicions Raised About Kurt Cobain's 1994 Death". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
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