Frances Bean Cobain has shared a heartbreaking tribute to her father, rock star Kurt Cobain, on the 30th anniversary of his death.
The 31-year-old visual artist also posted throwback photos with the Nirvana musician.
Courtney Love’s daughter got philosophical when talking about the complexity of loss and grief.
The model also addressed “life and death, pain and joy, yin and yang.”
And he regretted not having spent much time with the music icon. ‘I wish I could have met my dad. “I wish I knew the cadence of his voice, how he liked his coffee or how he felt being tucked in after a bedtime story,” he wrote.
Frances had a very warm reception, as did her friends including Paris Jackson (who also lost her musician father Michael Jackson at a young age), as well as Demi Moore’s daughter Tallulah Willis, Eva Mendes and skater Tony Hawk.
Frances Bean Cobain shared a heartbreaking tribute to her father Kurt Cobain on the 30th anniversary of his death. The visual artist also shared flashback photos with the Nirvana rock star.
Frances is the only child of Hole singer Courtney Love and Nirvana frontman Kurt, who committed suicide in 1994.
The post began, ‘My dad’s life ended 30 years ago.’
She then said that the second and third photos were the last time she was with Kurt.
“His mother, Wendy, would often press my hands against his cheeks and say, with a numbing sadness, ‘you have his hands,'” she said.
Frances then sweetly said that she hopes to be able to hold his hands ‘wherever they are.’
Bean then noted that over the past 30 years his ideas about loss have been in a continuous state of metamorphosis.
“The biggest lesson I have learned through grief for almost as long as I have been conscious is that it has a purpose,” she wrote.
“The duality of life and death, pain and joy, yin and yang, must coexist or none of this would have any meaning,” the writer said.
“It is the impermanent nature of human existence that throws us into the depths of our truest lives.”
Frances later admitted that there is no greater motivation to “lean into loving consciousness” than knowing that “everything ends.”
And he regretted not having spent much time with the music icon.
‘I wish I could have met my dad. “I wish I knew the cadence of his voice, how he liked his coffee or how he felt being tucked in after a bedtime story,” he wrote.
The post began, ‘My dad’s life ended 30 years ago.’ She then said that the second and third photos were the last time she was with Kurt.
“His mother, Wendy, would often press my hands against his cheeks and say, with a numbing sadness, ‘You have his hands,'” she said. Then, Frances sweetly said that she hopes to be holding her hands “wherever they are.”
Bean then noted that over the past 30 years his ideas about loss have been in a continuous state of metamorphosis. “The biggest lesson I have learned through grief for almost as long as I have been conscious is that it has a purpose,” he wrote.
“The duality of life and death, pain and joy, yin and yang, must coexist or none of this would have meaning,” the writer said.
“It is the impermanent nature of human existence that throws us into the depths of our truest lives.” Frances later admitted that there is no greater motivation to “lean into loving consciousness” than knowing that “everything ends.”
Seen here is a young Kurt with his mother Wendy.
“I always wondered if he caught tadpoles with me during the muggy Washington summers, or if he smelled like Camel Lights and strawberry Nesquik (his favorites, I’m told).”
But it has helped him understand that life is precious.
“He gave me a lesson about death that can only come through the LIVED experience of losing someone,” she said.
“It is the gift of knowing with certainty that when we love ourselves and those around us with compassion, openness, and grace, our time here becomes inherently more meaningful.”
She then let her followers know that Kurt wrote her a letter before she was born.
‘The last line says: “Wherever you go or wherever I go, I will always be with you.” She kept this promise because she is present in many ways.”
Bean added, “Whether it’s listening to a song or through the hands we share, in those moments I can spend a little time with my dad and he feels transcendent.” ‘
And he regretted not having spent much time with the music icon. ‘I wish I could have met my dad. “I wish I knew the cadence of his voice, how he liked his coffee or how he felt about being tucked in after a bedtime story,” he wrote.
Frances in 2018 in Beverly Hills, left, and her mother Courtney in 2023 in Paris
Frances (pictured with her mother in 2018) was just four months shy of her second birthday when her father died.
She is the only child of Kurt and Courtney.
Frances’ father, Kurt, struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues throughout his life. He died by suicide in his Seattle home at the age of 27 in April 1994. Frances was just under two years old at the time.
His mother, Courtney, was married to Kurt from 1992 until her death. Frances inherited 37 percent of her late father’s estate in December 2009.
In 2019, she revealed that she feels “guilty” about inheriting the money, which is said to be more than $95,000 a month, because she “didn’t earn it.” People reported.
“It’s almost like a huge, giant loan that I’ll never get out of,” he explained during an episode of the show. RuPaul: What’s the shirt? podcast.
With her husband of one year, professional skateboarder Riley Hawk (pictured)
“I have an almost strange relationship with this or I feel guilty because it feels like money from someone I’ve never met, let alone earned it myself.”
Nirvana burst from the underground and onto the mainstream music scene in 1991 with the release of their seminal album Nevermind, which included its powerful lead single Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Over the next three years, the Seattle rockers became one of the biggest bands in the world, selling more than 75 million records worldwide.
Finally, Nirvana was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in their first year of eligibility in 2014.