Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, shared a message for her late father on his 30th death anniversary (Shutterstock)
Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, has paid tribute to her father on the 30th anniversary of his death. Kurt Cobain, leader of the band Nirvana, took his life on April 5, 1994 at the age of 27, leaving behind a unique musical legacy and a daughter who was barely a year and a half old. Now, at 31, Frances Bean openly expresses her feelings of loss and her tribute to her late father.
In a recent post on Instagram, Frances Bean accompanied her message with a series of photographs of both her with her father and a little Kurt playing with his mother, Wendy. In her words, Frances reflected on the nature of human existence and how the duality of life and death adds meaning to our reality. “Over the past 30 years, my ideas about loss have been in a continuous state of metamorphosis,” she says.
Frances also shared personal anecdotes and all those experiences that she would have liked to live with her father.
“I wish I had met dad. “I wish I knew the cadence of his voice, how he liked her coffee or how she felt cuddling after a bedtime story,” wrote Frances Bean Cobain on her social networks (Credits: Instagram / Frances Bean Cobain )
“I wish I had met dad. I wish I knew the cadence of his voice, how he liked his coffee, or how he felt when he snuggled up after a bedtime story. I always wondered if he had caught tadpoles with me during the muggy Washington summers, or if he smelled like Camel Lights and strawberry Nesquik (his favorites, I’m told).”
Despite these absences, a profound wisdom gained through the experience of losing someone important stands out, underscoring the value of love and compassion in our lives.
Frances also shared an anecdote with her grandmother, who found comfort in her for Kurt’s death.
“His mother, Wendy, often pressed my hands against her cheeks and said, with a numbing sadness, ‘You have his hands.’ She inspired them as if it were her only chance to have him a little closer to her, frozen in time. I hope you have your hands wherever they are.”
Frances remembered how her grandmother would hold her hands and tell her that she had them just like Kurt, which gave her great comfort after his death (Credits: Instagram/Frances Bean Cobain)
The message concludes with a reflection on a letter Kurt wrote before she was born, in which he promised to always be with her.
“Kurt wrote me a letter before I was born. The last line says: ‘Wherever you go or wherever I go, I will always be with you.’ He fulfilled this promise because he is present in many ways. Whether listening to a song or through the hands we share, in those moments I can spend time with my dad and he feels transcendent. For anyone who has ever wondered what it would have been like to live alongside the people they have lost, I have you in my thoughts today. The meaning of our pain is the same.”
Frances shared a video of her father Kurt playing with her, shortly before his suicide. (Credits: Instagram/Frances Bean Cobain)
As a last message of unity with her late father, Frances shared a video on her Instagram story where she was still a baby and Kurt was holding her, evidently happy with this aspect away from the stage and the life of a rock star.
In addition to Frances Bean’s tribute, various rock musicians shared their reflections on Kurt Cobain on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death, remembering the profound impact he had on music and their lives. These tributes underscore the indelible mark Cobain left on the world of music and how his spirit lives on through the generations.
