Kurt Cobain's daughter

To the only daughter of the leader of the grunge band Nirvana Kurt Cobain and vocalist Hole Courtney Love from the very beginning showed increased interest in fans and paparazzi. When she was only 1 year and 8 months old, her father committed suicide, which left an imprint on the girl's subsequent life.

What is Kurt Cobain's daughter's name?

The daughter of Kurt Cobain, Francis Bin Cobain, was born in Los Angeles on August 18, 1992. The name Francis was not chosen by chance. This was the name of the vocalist of the Scottish band The Vaselines, Francis McKee. It was in honor of her that the girl was named. The second name of the daughter of rock musicians was Bean. Her godparents were girlfriend Courtney Love and actress Drew Barrymore and rock musician Michael Stipe.

Relationships in the family of singers quickly became upset, and even the birth of a child could not reunite them again. However, Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain and their daughter, while still a baby, appeared together in public. My little Francis Bin father was also in the rehabilitation clinic, where he was in connection with the treatment of drug addiction. This was April 1, 1994. A week later Kurt Cobain was found dead in his house, and he lay there before he was found, 4 days.

Since then, the girl has been raised and cared for only by her mother. Courtenay Love was constantly showing close attention to social services, as she also had dependence on drugs and repeatedly underwent rehabilitation. During her mother's treatment, Francis Bin lived with her grandparents.

To the girl there was constant attention both from admirers of creativity of her father, and from journalists. She repeatedly interviewed, where she admitted that she was offended by her father for leaving her at such an early age. She has her own explanation of the reasons for Kurt Cobain's suicide. According to Francis Bean, the more famous became her father as a person and as part of the group, the greater the return required creativity from him. At the same time, he had to give up part of his own "I", which was the reason for his dissatisfaction and his desire to lose his life , feeling that without him everything will become easier and easier.

What does Kurt Cobain's daughter do now?

Francis Bin Cobain was very successful in school, knowledge was given to her without much effort. The girl tried herself in different creative fields: she acted as a singer, was an intern in the publication of Rolling Stone, gave numerous interviews, where she talked about her parents and life after her father's suicide. Also Francis Bean was invited to perform the role of Alice in the film Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", which was released in 2010, but the girl was forced to refuse.

Now, despite the negative attitude to the deed of his father, the girl, nevertheless, is working to perpetuate his memory. She became the producer of the film "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck". According to the girl herself, in this film she tried to save her father's image of the numerous conjectures and myths that he acquired from the time of his death. She thinks that Kurt Cobain did not want to become a symbol of the whole era and her idol, the film tells a story close to what the rock musician would tell about his life.

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And most recently, in September 2015, Francis Bin Cobain married her boyfriend, singer Isaiah Silva, whom she had met for five years before. The wedding itself was a secret and was held in the presence of only a few guests from among the friends of the couple. Even the mother of Francis Courtney Love was not invited to the celebration, but she stated that she understood the act of her daughter. After all, she herself married Kurt Cobain secretly on the beach, and only 8 elected guests witnessed this event.