When Famous People Die
5 min readJan 2, 2023
Why it matters to us.
I vividly remember the time when I learned that Kurt Cobain died, back in 1994. I wasn’t a hard-core grunge person, merely flirted with the genre, especially the clothing. He hadn’t been a particular favorite of mine. Still, he had been a voice of GenX and his death floored many of us.
Our friend group, still in our late teens, gathered that evening to reflect. As we listened…
