Why Kurt Cobain fascinates the 'Zeta generation' 30 years after his suicide: "He represents freedom and shitting on the rules of the system" Miley Cyrus has on several occasions worn t-shirts with Kurt's image - or her iconic red and black striped Freddy Krueger sweater. Selena Gomez was a year and a half (the same age as Frances Bean, the daughter Cobain had with Courtney Love ) when the author of Lithium committed suicide in the greenhouse of his Seattle home.