The Complicated Life Of Kurt Cobain

His Family & Friends Mourned His Death & Inclusion In The Infamous 27 Club

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Cobain’s mother and sister, Wendy O’Connor, heard about his death from a radio report. O’Connor told reporters: “Now he’s gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club.” She was referring to the infamous 27 Club, in which musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jim Morrison all died at the young age of 27. Cobain’s death affected millions of fans, some famous in their own right. “I don’t think any of us would be in this room tonight if it weren’t for Kurt Cobain,” Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder said during a concert in Washington, D.C.