The Complicated Life Of Kurt Cobain

Several Of His Family Members Committed Suicide & Had Mental Illness

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Cobain wasn’t the first one in his family to abuse alcohol or commit suicide. When he was 12 years old, his great-uncle Burle shot himself in the stomach and head. Another great uncle died the year before after having an aneurysm due to falling down the stairs while drunk. A third great uncle also shot himself in the head. All three were on his father’s side. Cobain’s great-grandfather on his mother’s side was committed to a mental hospital after stabbing himself. He later succeeded in taking his own life. Then in eighth grade, Cobain and two friends discovered the corpse of a boy who hanged himself.