He was an American musician who founded the band Nirvana in 1987. He was considered a pioneer and leader of alternative rock whose music still influences music worldwide.
His song ‘Smell like teen spirit’ was called ‘the anthem of an entire generation’ and he was described as the ‘John Lenon of grunge’.
He was born in 1967 and developed an interest in music from a very young age. On his 14th birthday he got a guitar as a gift from his uncle. He started participating in rock shows to earn income.
In 1992 he married the singer Courtney Love with whom he had a daughter.
But the court deemed them unfit to be parents since both were addicted to drugs and lost custody of their child. But then they won it again.
He was addicted to drugs, specifically heroin.
His dead body was found in 1994 days after his death next to a gun, heroin and tranquilizers.
It was thought that his death may have resulted from an overdose or was a suicide or even murder.
[Source: en.wikipedia.org]
