Happy 40th, Kurt Cobain

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http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/02/20/what-was-nirvanas-greatest-moment-ever/

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Kurt Cobain at 40

He would have hit one of life’s milestones this week. But, 13 years after his death, what is his true legacy?
In the space of two years, Kurt Cobain soared to global stardom then plummeted into a pit of drugs and despair so deep he ended his life in the most violent manner. After a hit of heroin he blasted his brains out with a shotgun.

Yet as what would have been his 40th birthday approaches on Tuesday, his name lives on. More importantly, his legacy generates huge sales. Despite releasing only three proper albums with his band Nirvana in his lifetime, almost 13 years after his death the Kurt industry is stronger than ever.

To hammer home the point, last year he became the first to eclipse Elvis as the biggest earning dead celebrity, generating in excess of £26m according to Forbes magazine. Though most of that money came from his widow Courtney Love’s sale of just a quarter stake in his back catalogue, it illustrates the worth of his material: thrashy, wild, angry but lucrative. Even the rights to his diaries, published four years ago, earned a £2m advance.

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music-gigs/features/article2287758.ece