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KURT COBAIN, THE LEAD SINGER
OF THE ENORMOUSLY POPULAR
ROCK BAND NIRVANA IS DEAD.
AN APPARENT SUICIDE AT AGE
27.
NBC'S BRIAN WILLIAMS.
>> KURT COBAIN'S BODY WAS
FOUND INSIDE A GARAGE
APARTMENT ADJACENT
TO HIS SEATTLE HOME, DEAD
OF AN APPARENTLY
SELF-INFLICTED SHOTGUN
WOUND.
POLICE SAY A SUICIDE NOTE
WAS NEARBY.
♪♪ SMELLS LIKE
TEEN SPIRIT ♪♪♪♪
>> HE WAS AMONG THE MOST
POWERFUL VOICES
OF HIS GENERATION,
AN ORIGINATOR OF A MUSIC
STYLE AND FASHION CALLED
"GRUNGE," AS LEAD SINGER
FOR THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL
ROCK GROUP NIRVANA, WHICH
HAS SOLD 15 MILLION ALBUMS
WORLDWIDE.
KURT COBAIN'S TENURE
AS A LIVING ROCK AND ROLL
ICON WAS BRIEF
AND TROUBLED.
JUST LAST MONTH,
A COMBINATION OF ALCOHOL
AND DRUGS LEFT COBAIN
IN A COMA, FROM WHICH
HE FULLY RECOVERED.
COBAIN AND HIS WIFE, SINGER
COURTNEY LOVE, APPEARED
READY TO RESUME LIFE AT HOME
WITH THEIR 2-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.
>> I THINK TO HIS GENERATION
HE'S THE CLOSEST THEY'VE HAD
TO JOHN LIENEN.
>> HIS LOOK WAS EMULATED
BY MILLIONS.
HIS WORK, ONE CRITIC SAID,
WAS INFLUENCED
BY THE VIOLENCE, THE DRUGS,
AND THE DIMINISHED
OPPORTUNITIES OF AN ENTIRE
