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CBS News Logo. Kurt Cobain's death was indeed a suicide, police say. Nearly 20 years after Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home, the city's police have re-examined the case - including dozens of photos not seen before. Cobain was 27 at the time.
The Mysterious Death of Kurt Cobain. Seattle, April 8, 1994, 9 a.m. An electrician named Gary Smith arrived at Kurt Cobainâs home in Seattle to install a new security system. Though there was no answer at the front door, Smith got to work. As he climbed on the roof, following wires along the garage to a room above it, he looked through a window.