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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.
Colman Rayner. Kurt Cobain died in 1994, but his signature style lives on in his daughter Frances Bean Cobain. The 20-year-old was spotted in Los Angeles last week rocking messy pink hair -- a look that was often favored by her father.