This Day in History: 5 April 2020
5 April 1994
26 years ago, today, rock icon Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, died by suicide. His body was found inside his home three days later by Gary Smith, an electrician, who was installing a security system. His downward spiral had begun to take shape the previous month, in Italy, as he went into a coma and almost died after mixing champagne with drugs. Despite this, the public were led to believe the coma was caused by an accidental heroin overdose, as Cobain was known for his problems with the drug.
The police had also been called before to Cobain and his wife, Courtney Love's home in Seattle when he again threatened to kill himself. They confiscated four guns from his possession, even though Cobain had previously stated in an interview that he did not believe in guns. At the end of March, he was still ignoring his friends' and families' concerns, but did check into a rehabilitation clinic in Los Angeles, even though he did walk away on March 30. Love could not locate him for the next few days, and a private detective was hired. However, in the meantime, Cobain had convinced a friend to buy him a gun, and returned home, having ingested Valium and heroin. Just over a month after Nirvana's last concert, Kurt Cobain committed suicide by gunshot.
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