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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.
When Kurt Cobain Died: Former Billboard Editor Recalls Being On the Scene When It All Happened. For baby boomers, it was JFK. For the cool music-minded baby boomers, it was John Lennon. And, for Generation Xers, like myself, it was Kurt Cobain. Like generations past, you never forget where you were when a cultural icon dies. For me, the day the news broke that Kurt Cobain died is permanently etched in my mind because I was there. It was 9:40 a.m. PST on Friday, April 8, 1994 when Seattle radio station KXRX broke the news that Kurt Cobain is dead. I arrived in Seattle shortly after, around 10:30 a.m., on a flight from Los Angeles.