Sean, you must listen to Alan Handleman, as you took the words out of my mouth. Official cause of death was a self-inflicted shotgun blast, but there was a lot of curiosity about how Cobain died. I ran a two part piece on the very issue. I may even have all my old notes somewhere in storage, but that was a decade ago. Courtney Love's lawyers threatened to shut down my paper. Given that it was a student paper on a state-owned campus, that would have been pretty funny to watch them try. A lot of blustering as nothing ever came of it.

Another great musician/songwriter who gave up hope on himself was Chet Baker. 40's jazz trumpeter if memory serves correctly. Check out the song "Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song" by David Wilcox. Awesome song trying to imagine the last moments of Chet Baker's life.