The 27 Club

Kurt Cobain

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A tortured soul for much of his adult life, Kurt Cobain committed suicide in April 1994, a few weeks after his 27th birthday. He had found it increasingly difficult to come to terms with the astronomical fame delivered by Nirvana's classic 1991 album Nevermind and struggled with depression and heroin addiction. He shot himself in a room above his garage, leaving a note detailing his dislocation and disillusionment with success. A posthumous Nirvana album, MTV Unplugged In New York, hit Number One on both sides of the Atlantic later that year.

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