On April 5, 1994, a tragic event that we now know today as the death of Kurt Donald Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, occurred. This sudden and disturbing calamity was since deemed a suicide, but was it really? This topic has become one of the most controversial subjects in the musical industry. After the traumatizing news that Cobain had ended his life transpired, it gained some serious speculation. Theory after theory arose, with the most popular being that Cobain had not passed to suicide, but homicide. After close examination, the evidence leads to one particular person.
Those skeptical about Cobain’s alleged suicide started suggesting it was the doing of Courtney Love, his wife at the time. Love was blamed for a multitude of reasons, the first one being that Cobain was planning on divorcing her and fleeing to Seattle, according to Tom Grant, a former detective and creator of cobaincase.com. Grant says investigators found the note that is widely known today as Cobain’s suicide note, but under further inspection, it was
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This is an essay on the controversy and happenings of Tupac Amaru Shakur's so called death. This is not a biography on his life. However I will have to sum up his life for better comprehension of these facts and theories which I will reveal.
Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the infamous band Nirvana was discovered outside of his Seattle home three days after his death by Garry Smith on April 8, 1994. While Cobain’s official death certificate reads suicide, many theories have cropped up over the years that claim to explain neglected attributes to the original case.
Before diving into Cobain’s musical rebellion, it is important to be briefed on his background to understand his reason, his ability to relate to teens, as well as his essence, of resistance. Cobain grew up in the small down of Aberdeen, Washington where his parents raised him until their divorce when Cobain was only eight. After the divorce, Cobain was shuffled between family members and he soon started exhibiting signs of rebellion-such as his use of drugs- that he later expressed through his music (Spirit Interviews). In high school, Cobain was seen as an outcast because he couldn’t fit the masculine jock persona. Cobain even reflected on his inability to relate to...
It was the night of June 12, 1994, a woman and her long time male friend are murdered in cold blood. The victims, Nicole Brown Simpson, her neck cut so savagely it was almost severed from her body and Ronald Goldman, stabbed repeatedly, nearly 30 times. The accused, her ex-husband and football star, Orenthan James Simpson, better known as O.J. Simpson. During the trial, a trial that consisted of 150 witnesses, lasted 133 days and cost in the ball park of 15 million dollars, there were many questions asked and even more questions left unanswered (Douglas).
For thirty-one years, the "Paul Death Hoax" has intrigued a horde of Beatles' fans and fanatics alike. While it's difficult to point to an absolute point of origination, there is no evidence whatsoever that the Beatles themselves had anything to do with the story, although many claim that the Beatles intended it to be a joke the their fans. However, clues, which seem so cleverly arranged, are random coincidences or inaccurate interpretations of existing facts, and all Beatles have denied that they were in any way involved with the deceit. This leads people to believe that maybe Paul did die in
Several There are many conspiracies have circulated going around on the Internet about Tupac's The death and who was responsible for the murder. The first comes from Chuck Phillips, a former L.A. Times journalist,. Philips believes that Orlando Anderson, a the Crips, and Biggie Smalls are responsible for the murder”(Bergera). Through his research, Philips came up with three conclusions about Tupac’s death. First, members of the Southside Crips orchestrated the shooting as revenge for his fight with Orlando Anderson.Second, Philips believes Orlando Anderson was the shooter. finally, Philips found it plausible that Biggie Smalls Paid the Crips $1 million to kill Tupac and supplied the gun.But why would Biggie want Tupac dead? Well, Biggie’s
Music can also help people, particularly those going through painful times (such as adolescence) to understand that they are not alone and that other people have the same feelings that they do. After grunge-rock superstar Kurt Cobain committed suicide in April 1994, one fan wrote to Rolling Stone magazine describing how the music of Cobain's band, Nirvana, made her feel. "I could be feeling like total shit," wrote Carrie Loy, "and hear a Nirvana song and end up feeling renewed afterward.
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On Thanksgiving evening, November 27, 1992, Sergeant Kenneth Mathison and his wife Yvonne drive their 1988 tan Ford van along Route 131 in Hilo, Hawaii. The rain is pouring down and before he knows it, Kenneth Mathison is awaiting police assistance as he cradles his wife’s dead body in the back of their van. Mathison, a sergeant of 25 years with the Hilo Police Department was allegedly informing his wife, a maternity nursing professional at the Hilo Medical Center, that he was being investigated in his second paternity suit. According to Mathison, when Yvonne heard the news, she jumped from the passenger side of the van. While he was looking for her in the blinding rain, Mathison purportedly ran over his wife. He then carried the body into the van and secured it with yellow rope in the back before attempting to find help. Will the forensic evidence support Mathison’s account of that fateful evening?
The assassination of President Kennedy is one of the most controversial and debated topics in American History. Kennedy was one of the most beloved presidents of our time. Unlike previous presidential assassinations, the Kennedy assassination is one that’s filled the conspiracy theories. Theories that include Mafia influence, a government cover-up, and Cuban President Fidel Castro. The thought of a lone mind, Lee Harvey Oswald, plotting to kill Kennedy is too simple. In the scholars eyes there is simply no way that Oswald acted alone.
In the final analysis, it was extremely shocking to discover that the death of Victim #6, Miley Cyrus, was due to rat poison coursing through their blood alongside with diet coke. Although it is clear to see that the consumption of rat poison would lead to death, nobody would be foolish enough to consume it. This all leads to the idea that Miley Cyrus was the murdered victim whose death was by a person who put rat poison in her diet coke without her noticing. The only person that could be responsible for the death of Miley Cyrus is Victim #10, Selena Gomez. There were two major reasons that led to this speculation of Selena Gomez being the murderer, and that was because Selena Gomez is the only person that had rat poison in her pockets. The
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... Cobain is dead at the age of 27. He leaves behind a wife who loved him, a daughter who will never know him and millions of strangers whose lives have been enriched because he lived. (53)
This article investigates the relationship between biography and authenticity of grunge musician Kurt Cobain. Focusing on Cobain's lyrics involving the human body, the article argues that his idea of the 'sick body' was a metaphor in his various works.