On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain91裸聊视频檚 death, dozens of people left flowers, candles and handwritten messages at a Seattle park near the house where the Nirvana frontman killed himself.

Cobain, whose band rose to global fame in the city91裸聊视频檚 grunge rock music scene of the early 1990s, was 27 when he died April 5, 1994, in his home in a wealthy neighbourhood near Lake Washington.

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Fans trekked Friday to nearby Viretta Park, leaving memorials on benches, where flowers mixed with handwritten phrases like 91裸聊视频渢hank you for your art91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渇ind your place.91裸聊视频�

In an essay on the Crosscut news website, Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross wrote that few Seattle musicians 91裸聊视频渉ave been as tied to Seattle in the mind of the popular zeitgeist as Kurt Cobain.91裸聊视频�

Nirvana91裸聊视频檚 breakthrough album, 91裸聊视频淣evermind,91裸聊视频� was released in 1991. Featuring the hit 91裸聊视频淪mells Like Teen Spirit,91裸聊视频� the album went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts and has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide.

Nirvana was the most prominent of the era91裸聊视频檚 series of Seattle grunge bands, including Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, that would go on to release bestselling records.

Cobain91裸聊视频檚 angst-filled lyrics and his band91裸聊视频檚 powerful, dark rock struck a chord with young people. Days after his death, thousands of people gathered near the Space Needle for a public memorial.

An investigation determined he took a massive dose of heroin and then shot himself.

The Associated Press

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