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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.
On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. As far as the Kurtâs gear goes, he had a pretty high tolerance level towards what kind of a guitar he happened to be playing.n mid 1993 Fender found out that Kurt had an idea for a guitar. They sent out a couple of guys to talk with Kurt at his Hollywood home, and they agreed to start working on what would eventually become the Jag-stang.