On the 5th of April 1994 Kurt Cobain the leader of Nirvana, barricaded
himself into the granny flat behind his mansion, put a shotgun in his
mouth and pulled the trigger. On Thursday April the 7th, two days
after a medical examiner says Cobain shot himself and the day before
his body was found police say Courtney Love, (Kurt's wife) was taken
to hospital in L.A. for a drug overdose. Released on bail, Love
checked herself into a rehab center but left soon after a friend
called her the next day with news of Cobain's death.
Cobain's body was found when an electrician visiting the house to
install a security system went round the back of the house when no
one answered the front door and peered through windows. He thought
he saw a mannequin sprawled on the floor until he noticed a splotch
of blood by Cobain's ear. When police broke down the door they found
Cobain dead on the floor, a shotgun still pointed at his chin and on
a nearby counter a "suicide note" written in red ink addressed to
Love and the couples then 19 month old daughter Frances Bean.
