On the 25th anniversary of Kurt CobainB次元官网网址檚 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 cityB次元官网网址檚 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 B次元官网网址渢hank you for your artB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址渇ind your place.B次元官网网址�

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NirvanaB次元官网网址檚 breakthrough album, B次元官网网址淣evermind,B次元官网网址� was released in 1991. Featuring the hit B次元官网网址淪mells Like Teen Spirit,B次元官网网址� 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 eraB次元官网网址檚 series of Seattle grunge bands, including Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, that would go on to release bestselling records.

CobainB次元官网网址檚 angst-filled lyrics and his bandB次元官网网址檚 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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