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Tortured genius Cobain ushered in a new era in rock in the early '90s with his band Nirvana. But fame was never his intention, and it seemed to add to Cobain's suffering, brought on by depression, chronic bronchitis, heroin addiction and intense stomach pains whose cause was never diagnosed. He died at 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.<br>
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Kurt Cobain

( Associated Press / December 9, 2012 )

Tortured genius Cobain ushered in a new era in rock in the early '90s with his band Nirvana. But fame was never his intention, and it seemed to add to Cobain's suffering, brought on by depression, chronic bronchitis, heroin addiction and intense stomach pains whose cause was never diagnosed. He died at 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

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