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Article: Kurt Cobain left legacy of unfulfilled potential, questions
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 4, 2004
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HAD he lived, Kurt Cobain would be 37 years old.
Perhaps he still would be one of the biggest and most brilliant
rock stars. Maybe he would have collaborated with REM's Michael
Stipe, a possibility that excited him near the end of his life. He
might have taken his music in bold, new directions, only hinted at by
Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged in New York" album.
Or maybe he would have been swept into obscurity by the deluge of
depression and drugs that ultimately destroyed him.
Nirvana fans are left pondering the possibilities a decade after
Cobain extinguished them. Some time between April 5 and April 8,
1994, the troubled rock star committed suicide by shooting himself
with a shotgun in the ...