Kurt Cobain: 25 Years Later
b'There was nothing particular special about April 8, 1994\\u2026I came to work as usual, saw the usual people, and prepared for my radio show in the usual way\\u2026I made note that the Toronto Blue Jays were playing a sold-out home game\\u2026one of the stories in the news was that American troops were upset about a smoking ban that had come into effect on some military bases\\u2026that was about it\\u2026\\n\\nBut at about 1:45\\u2014fifteen minutes before airtime\\u2014Anita, who was working in the newsroom\\u2014popped her into the studio\\u2026\\n\\n\\u201cJust a heads-up,\\u201d she said, \\u201csomething\\u2019s going on in Seattle\\u2026it looks like it has something to do with Kurt Cobain\\u201d\\u2026\\n\\nIf I\\u2019m honest, most of us were prepared for some bad news\\u2026we knew that Kurt had his issues\\u2026his health problems\\u2026his heroin addiction\\u2026his crazy marriage to Courtney Love\\u2026the canceled European tour\\u2026and, of course, an apparent suicide attempt in a Rome hotel room about a month earlier\\u2026\\n\\nStill, all that was abstract, gossip, stories in magazines\\u2026but over the next 90 minutes, everything resolved into harsh, terrible, awful, reality\\u2026\\n\\nIf you were around then, you probably remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news\\u2026 it was one of those rare, rare moments, the same sort of thing felt with the assassination of John Lennon on Monday, December 8, 1980, and the death of Elvis on Tuesday, August 16, 1977\\u2026.\\n\\nWas that really 25 years ago?...yes, it was\\u2026if you were there, let\\u2019s revisit things\\u2026if you weren\\u2019t, here\\u2019s how dramatic and sad it was\\u2026this is Kurt Cobain, 25 years after he died\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'