Courtney Love shares a photo of her late husband Kurt Cobain on what would have been her 54th birthday: “Beautiful boy”
Courtney Love shared a black and white photo of her late husband Kurt Cobain on her Instagram on Saturday morning.
The post was intended to commemorate the date of what would have been the Nirvana frontman’s 54th birthday.
The 56-year-old musician also included a quote from the 1992 Incesticide compilation album insert in the post caption.
The quote said: ‘”At this point, I have a request for our fans. If any of you hate homosexuals, people of another color or women, please do this favor for us – leave us alone! Don’t come to our shows and don’t buy our records. “‘
Love also included a message from you, writing, ‘Happy birthday, beautiful boy.’
Reports diverge about when the ex-couple first met, with many sources commenting that Cobain had first spoken to his future wife after a 1989 show.
Music journalist Everett True later declared that he had personally introduced the couple to an L7 and Butthole Surfers concert in 1991.
Looking back: Courtney Love shared a photo on her Instagram account on Sunday to celebrate what would have been her late husband Kurt Cobain’s 54th birthday; she is portrayed in 2015
Known for this: The singer and guitarist gained fame for his work at Nirvana, which fell apart after his death; he is seen performing in 1990
Cobain and Love were married in February 1992, at the end of Nirvana’s Pacific Rim tour; the Come As You Are singer notably wore pajamas at his own wedding.
The two welcomed a daughter named Frances Bean, now 28, the same year they were married.
The couple’s relationship was widely reported in the media due to their intense drug use; Love later claimed to have stopped using drugs after the birth of his daughter.
Cobain’s drug problems have progressively worsened in his later years, and after entering rehab several times, he committed suicide at his Seattle home at the age of 27.
Volatile couple: the couple’s relationship was widely covered by the media due to each other’s drug problems; they are seen with their daughter Frances Bean at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards
The couple’s relationship has been the subject of intense coverage, and several films and television series focusing on the two have been produced since the singer’s death.
In 1998, a documentary entitled Kurt & Courtney was released and popularized the theory that Love was directly involved in the death of her husband.
In 2015, Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck debuted on HBO and covered the guitarist’s life; his ex-wife and daughter attended the film’s premiere.
In the same year, another documentary entitled Soaked In Bleach was released to the public, although the feature focuses mainly on the death of the singer.
After the film’s release, Deadline reported that Love had sent letters to several cinemas that aired the feature; no lawsuit has been filed on your behalf.
Still remembered: The singer’s life has been the subject of several documentaries, including the 2015 release Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck; he is seen during the recording of the band’s MTV Unplugged album in 1993