Kurt Cobain

On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nirvana, was found dead at his home in Seattle, Washington. At the time it was determined he had died by suicide three days earlier. The Seattle Police Department incident report states that Cobain "was found with a shotgun across his body, had a visible head wound and there was a suicide note discovered nearby".

The King County Medical Examiner noted puncture wounds on the inside of both the right and left elbows. Prior to his death, Cobain had checked out of a drug rehabilitation facility and had been reported as suicidal by his wife Courtney Love.

The official ruling of suicide has been disputed by numerous sources. Tom Grant, a private investigator hired by Love to find Cobain after his departure from drug rehabilitation, believes that Cobain was murdered. Grant's theory has been analyzed and questioned by several books, television shows, films, and the 2015 docudrama Soaked in Bleach. Authors and filmmakers have also attempted to explain what might have happened during Cobain's final days, and what might have led him to suicide.