Frances Bean Cobain Honors Kurt on 30th Anniversary of His Death

Frances
Bean
Cobain
honored
her
father,

Kurt
Cobain,
with
a
poignant
tribute
on
the
30th
anniversary
of
his

death.

“30
years
ago
my
dad’s
life
ended,”
she
wrote
on

Instagram,
alongside
a
series
of
candid
pictures
of
the

Nirvana
frontman.
“The
2nd
and
3rd
photo
capture
the
last
time
we
were
together
while
he
was
still
alive.
His
mom
Wendy
would
often
press
my
hands
to
her
cheeks
and
say,
with
a
lulling
sadness,
‘you
have
his
hands.’
She
would
breathe
them
in
as
if
it
were
her
only
chance
to
hold
him
just
a
little
bit
closer,
frozen
in
time.
I
hope
she’s
holding
his
hands
wherever
they
are.”

Frances
was
born
on
Aug.
18,
1992.
As
the
daughter
of
Cobain
and
Hole
rocker

Courtney
Love,
she
was
immediately
thrust
into
the
public
eye.
Kurt
died
April
5,
1994.
Ever
since,
Frances’
life
has
been
under
a
microscope,
something
she
alluded
to
in
her
post.

‘I
Wish
I
Could
Have
Known
My
Dad’

“In
the
last
30
years
my
ideas
around
loss
have
been
in
a
continuous
state
of
metamorphosing,”
Frances
wrote.
“The
biggest
lesson
learned
through
grieving
for
almost
as
long
as
I’ve
been
conscious,
is
that
it
serves
a
purpose.
The
duality
of
life
&
death,
pain
&
joy,
yin
&
yang,
need
to
exist
along
side
each
other
or
none
of
this
would
have
any
meaning.
It
is
the
impermanent
nature
of
human
existence
which
throws
us
into
the
depths
of
our
most
authentic
lives.
As
It
turns
out,
there
is
no
greater
motivation
for
leaning
into
loving
awareness
than
knowing
everything
ends.”

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“I
wish
I
could’ve
known
my
Dad,”
she
continued.
“I
wish
I
knew
the
cadence
of
his
voice,
how
he
liked
his
coffee
or
the
way
it
felt
to
be
tucked
in
after
a
bedtime
story.
I
always
wondered
if
he
would’ve
caught
tadpoles
with
me
during
the
muggy
Washington
summers,
or
if
he
smelled
of
Camel
Lights
&
strawberry
Nesquik
(his
favorites,
I’ve
been
told).
But
there
is
also
deep
wisdom
being
on
an
expedited
path
to
understanding
how
precious
life
is.
He
gifted
me
a
lesson
in
death
that
can
only
come
through
the
LIVED
experience
of
losing
someone.
It’s
the
gift
of
knowing
for
certain,
when
we
love
ourselves
&
those
around
us
with
compassion,
with
openness,
with
grace,
the
more
meaningful
our
time
here
inherently
becomes.”

In
closing,
Frances,
who
has
forged
her
own
successful
career
as
a
model
and
artist,
shared
part
of
a
letter
her
famous
father
left
her.

“The
last
line
of
it
reads,
‘wherever
you
go
or
wherever
I
go,
I
will
always
be
with
you,’”
she
revealed.
“He
kept
this
promise
because
he
is
present
in
so
many
ways.
Whether
it’s
by
hearing
a
song
or
through
the
hands
we
share,
in
those
moments
I
get
to
spend
a
little
time
with
my
dad
&
he
feels
transcendent.”