Courtney Love Pens Tribute To Late Husband Kurt Cobain In Heartwarming Instagram Post
By Favour Adegoke on April 10, 2023 at 12:30 AM EDT
Courtney Love paid tribute to her late husband, singer Kurt Cobain, on Instagram, sharing a photo of the rock legend she called "powerful."
Love revealed the image reminded her of Cobain, her "twin flame." The couple's daughter, Frances Bean, also wrote a eulogy encouraging fans to cherish their loved ones. Love and Cobain were married for two years before his tragic death in 1994.
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Courtney Love Celebrates Kurt Cobain's 29th Death Anniversary
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Courtney Love recently paid a heartwarming tribute to her late husband and 90s rock legend Kurt Cobain on the 29th anniversary of his passing. In an Instagram post on Thursday, a day after the April 5th anniversary of Cobain's passing, Love shared a black-and-white photograph of Cobain's hands and referred to the image captured by R.E.M. musician Michael Stipe as a "powerful photograph" of her beloved husband.
In her post, Love expressed how much she missed Cobain and called him her "twin flame." Explaining the image, she wrote, "It is one of the only images (or sounds/ tastes, etc.) that makes me miss him deeply."
She added, "But he chanted with me & often, & truly was moved by our Buddhist practice. Thus, I know he's in an enlightened place, more so than we here in Mappo are."
Kurt Cobain's Daughter Urges Her Followers To Cherish Their Loved Ones
The daughter of the musical couple, Frances Bean, who is 30 years old, also shared a poignant tribute to her late father in her I.G. stories.
Her post included a powerful analogy about life and death: "Life is like a wave crashing upon the shore & death is like the wave returning to the ocean, back to its most natural state."
She added, per Page Six, "Free from pain or human worry," the visual artist added. "Death serves a purpose. It makes life so precious; in the same way, pain is purposeful because we wouldn't know joy without it."
The visual artist concluded her post by encouraging her followers to cherish and hold their loved ones tightly, as she had learned the importance of doing so through her own experience.
Courtney Love And Kurt Cobain's Love Story
Cobain and Love's paths crossed for the first time on 12, 1990, at the Satyricon nightclub in Portland, Oregon, where his band, Nirvana, played an early gig. Their friendship turned flirtatious, and they officially began dating in 1991.
Lyndsey Parker, the host of SiriusXM Volume West, described their instant attraction, saying, "Within five minutes of her walking into the dressing room, she was sitting on Kurt's lap."
In a true punk-rock fashion, the couple tied the knot on February 24, 1992, at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. According to the New York Post, The bride, four months pregnant with their daughter Frances Bean, wore a white satin and lace dress previously belonging to Cobain's muse, the tragic actress Frances Farmer.
Meanwhile, the groom ditched the traditional tuxedo and wore green and white flannel pajamas instead. Only eight guests, including his Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl, attended the intimate wedding ceremony.
Kurt Cobain's Tragic Death Ruled Suicide
However, their union ended tragically two years later when Cobain, who, despite his success, struggled with mental illness and addiction, which ultimately led to his tragic death at the young age of 27.
According to reports, Cobain took a massive dose of heroin on April 5, 1994, and then used a 20-gauge shotgun to end his life. Three days later, his body was discovered in the greenhouse of his Seattle home. After an investigation into his death, the police ruled it a suicide.
In 2014, on the 20th anniversary of his death, a cold case detective reviewed Cobain's case files but found no new evidence to suggest that Cobain's death was anything other than a suicide. However, the detective did discover four rolls of undeveloped film from the scene of Cobain's suicide.
Two years later, in 2016, the Seattle Police released photos of the shotgun that Cobain used to end his life. The pictures showed Ciesynski holding the gun at different angles, shedding new light on the tragic event that had rocked the music world.