The Murder of Kurt Cobain

There's a significant likelihood that many people would just assume that Kurt Cobain was murdered if you brought up his death in conversation today. But if you recall the facts of the case, Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. However, soon after his passing, rumors of conspiracies started to circulate, many of them implicating his wife Courtney Love. There were claims that Love had hired a private investigator to kill Cobain in the past, that his suicide note was written in various handwriting styles, that the shotgun had no fingerprints on it when police found it, and other things.

The theory gathered so much traction that several films have been made about it. Only a small number of celebrity death theories achieve the level of popularity that the Cobain murder hypothesis has. Kurt Cobain was Murdered was a television series that Richard Lee, a Seattle Public Access television broadcaster, started showing a week after Cobain passed away.

Given how much heroin was in Cobain's system at the time, private investigator Tom Grant stated that he didn't think Cobain had the mental capacity to commit suicide. Eldon "El Duce" Hoke, a different musician, asserted that Courtney Love had offered him $50,000 to assassinate Cobain. After telling that tale, he passed away a few days later after being struck by a train, which only served to confirm everyone else's conspiracy ideas.

Although many people have made accusations, none have actually been supported by facts, especially since the official conclusion was that Kurt Cobain committed suicide. Even now, a lot of people in Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's inner circle still think something fishy happened. The likelihood is that we won't ever discover the truth, if there is any to discover.

Born: Kurt Donald Cobain, February 20, 1967, Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.
Died: c. April 5, 1994 (aged 27)Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, visual artist