at the height of his career

At the Height of His Career, Why?
Kurt Cobain was citied in the Seattle area with a shotgun. Days later on
the fifth of April, Kurt Cobain went into the small room above his garage
in his Seattle home and ended it all. Fans across the world were stunned
by the news of Kurt Cobain’s sudden and shocking suicide. Kurt was the
leader of the multiplatinum grunge band Nirvana, and was widely hailed
as the “ John Lennon of his generation.” He was a gifted song writer and
erratic performer. However, Cobain's name was presented at times with
disillusionment and unhappiness. Kurt had spoken, written lyrics, and
even sung in his songs about suicide. Yet, one question could almost be
echoed around the world – Why?
Cobain' s fans struggled with the huge loss of their “ poet of pain.” It was
as
though they had lost a close friend. They felt that Kurt was an artist who
could read their minds, knew their problems, and spoke their language.
No one seemed to understand why at the height of his popularity a
twenty-seven year old rock sat would put a twenty-two gauge shotgun in
his mouth and pull the trigger.
The media attacked the incident. Every type of media from MTV to the
entire local Newspapers spoke something of Kurt Cobain’s suicide.
Some blamed the suicide on his unhappy childhood and how he was a
Ritalin child. While others blamed it on his drug addiction that he had
spent all of his young life trying to relieve himself from. But why
the reasoning for the unpredictable suicide, Cobain left behind millions
of fans asking why he’s gone.
Why? Most people who commit suicide do so for personal reasons, such
as despair, fears of the future, fears of failure or of not being loved.
Society plays a huge part in a lot of suicides. As society becomes more
complex a person’s stress level rises which follows loneliness.
Following the initial shock came the inevitable soul searching for those
closets to him- what more should or could we have done? Cobain left

behind a fairly new family. He had recently married Courtney Love, the
leader of the grunge band Hole, in 1992. Later in 1993 they conceived a
baby girl together, Frances Bean which was about two years old at the
time of Kurt’s death. Some say that Courtney did not grieve but there is
no way possible that she didn’t, because of the fact that they reached
stardom together as a couple. One of Cobain’s biggest regrets said by the
media was leaving his family behind. He wrote his suicide note to
Courtney and Frances exclaiming his love. The suicide note ended with
the words, “ I Love You, I Love You, and I Love You Always.”
Consequences of Kurt Cobain’s suicide was the let down to all of his
fans, his family, and his friends. This proves the fact that suicide can
happen to the best of us. It can happen to the homeless man on the street
or the rock star of the decade.