In a weirdly poignant grunge communion, she begins handing out her husbands old T- shirts.
He thought if Keith Richards could do it, he could too.
Meanwhile, MTVs coverage of the tragedy included some rare (for the data pipe) live broadcasts.
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First River Phoenix, now him, notes an executive at Geffen Records, Nirvanas label.
It really does speak for a certain generation and the outlook is not good.
Fans will be picking over the meaning of Cobains life and sudden death for years to come.
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But right now, before his memory is completely mythologized, realistic questions need to be raised.
Why didnt anyone stop him?
And during the same period of time he became a millionaire and a dope fiend and a father.
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He went through an enormous amount of experience in a very short amount of time.
Neither Love nor Cobain was arrested in the incident.
He was shot once in the left temple.
Did anyone make a run at come to his aid?
Cobains final weeks illustrate the difficulties that arise when dealing with a seriously troubled superstar.
Why couldnt they commit him and put him someplace that he couldnt walk out of?
In particular, his overdose in Rome was first described by Gold Mountains Janet Billig as incredibly serious.
Within days, a Geffen source in Rome said, Hes getting better.
I believe it was just a mistake.
The only person who really knows what happened is Kurt.
He was a grown man who made his own decisions.
I guess this means they lied to us about Rome, said a stunned Geffen exec.
They coddled him, says the record executive close to Gold Mountain.
They treated him like a little child.
Around the time of Nirvanas 1992 appearance onSaturday Night Live, Gold Mountain allegedly helped Cobain procure drugs.
(Gold Mountain strongly denies the charge.)
They pressured them into it and now they have to deal with the results.
[Geffen Records] is definitely feeling guilt.
(Geffen claims it was normal promotion.)
By all accounts, Love is a dangerous combination of flamboyant instability and focused ambition.
In an infamous 1992Vanity Fairarticle, she admitted using heroin early in her pregnancy.
Like her husband, she was hooked not only on heroin, but on perpetual crisis and drama.
You know, I have a record coming out calledLive Through This, she told the fans.
How sick is that?
Still, some close to the couple suggest Love was also Cobains savior.
If anything, I think she kept him around longer than he might have been otherwise.
Very sad, yes, but baffling?
In the end, he may have been so determined to die that no one could stop him.
Someone who knew him personally said the last thing he charged on his credit card was a shotgun.
Bruce Pavitt, cofounder of Sub Pop Records in Seattle, says Cobain was too isolated toward the end.
He cut himself off from a lot of people, says Pavitt.
Thats really part of the process of superstardom.
It was in Aberdeen, Wash. (pop.
I was a seriously depressed kid, Cobain said last year.
Every night at one point Id go to bed bawling my head off.
Ive never seen anything like the despair Ive seen here, says Steffensen.
Cobain did one better.
The fact is, I cant fool you, any one of you, Cobain wrote in his note.
Kevin Mazur, a freelance photographer, remembers him as a great father.
He loved this kid.
Every chance he got when she was around, hed be playing with her.
Hed make faces at her and shed be hysterical.
But dont ask if there are lessons to be learned from his death; even his friends are cynical.
I dont know if there are any lessons.
The bottom line is its just sad because hes one of us.
He dresses like us, he talks like us, he looks like us.
He sort of thinks like us.
That situation includes the eerily coincidental release of Holes new album last week.
A lot of dollars have been put into Hole, says the employee.
Shes been hyped up, and shes now the hot band.
And now we have to figure out what to do.
For the moment, plans for Holes spring tour are tentative.
Does that make you happy, Mr. Rock & Roll Fantasy?
Eddie Vedders gonna live to be 98.
Hows that make you feel, huh?
And she wailed, I love you, come back.
You love me, dont you?
Are you happier now?
