Kurt Cobain finale

"Sometime before twilight on Tuesday, April 5, Kurt Cobain sat alone in the room above the garage of his home near Lake Washington, meticulously laid a piece of identification on the floor next to his body and, with a single shotgun blast to the head, ended his life at the age of 27. It was an action that occurred in the instant it takes to twitch one finger, a last act ensuring that Cobain's complex and contradictory biography will be punctuated only with question marks. In life, Cobain pleaded that he not be held up as a representative or spokesperson for anything other than himself. In death, this wish should be respected.
Born into a generation that doesn't want heroes but simply someone who understands, Cobain understood. Even his suicide note ended with "Peace, love, empathy." Yes, he was a remarkably gifted songwriter and singer, but he was special not so much because he was unique but because he was one of many. Disenfranchised and cynical. Awkward and unsure. For an enormous collection of individuals, Cobain's passing is the equivalent of a death in the family. He wasn't a hero or guru of any sort. He was simply one of them, someone who grasped what they were going through, even though he was powerless to control these forces in his own life."
- Chris Mundy

"Since the age of 7, I've become hateful towards all humans in general only because it seems so easy for people to get along and have empathy . . . only because I love and feel sorry for people too much, I guess." 
- from the suicide note of Kurt Cobain

"He was unhappy before he was famous, and he was unhappy after he was famous," says former Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg. "He was just unhappy."