Kurt Cobain's Ashes Stolen?

02 June 2008
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Kurt Cobain's ashes have apparently been stolen. According to the News Of The World, Nirvana frontman's remains - the location of which has previously been kept secret - were taken from the Los Angeles home of his widow Courtney Love. The ashes were said to have been kept in a "pink teddy bear-shaped bag along with a lock of his hair", and were taken with some jewellery and clothes.

Love is quoted by the paper as saying: "I can't believe anyone would take Kurt's ashes from me. I find it disgusting and right now I'm suicidal. If I don't get them back I don't know what I'll do... They were all I had left of my husband. I used to take them everywhere with me just so I could feel Kurt was still with me. Now it feels like I have lost him all over again."

Some of Kurt Cobain's ashes were previously scattered near his home in Washington State and some at a New York Buddhist temple, with his widow retaining the rest...

Source: NME.com