Charles R. Cross, celebrated biographer of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, dies at 67

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Charles R. Cross, celebrated biographer of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, dies at 67
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Perhaps best known for his 2001 book about Kurt Cobain, Charles R. Cross was a veteran Seattle-based music journalist who edited that city's Rocket newspaper.

Charles R. Cross, the Seattle-based author and music journalist who wrote definitive biographies of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, died Friday. He was 67. His death was announced in a statement from his family, which said he died “of natural causes in his sleep.

In addition to his books, Cross wrote about music for publications including Rolling Stone, Spin, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, Q, Mojo, Guitar World, the Seattle Times and the Los Angeles Times. In 2021 he interviewed Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, for a Times article about the 30th anniversary of Nirvana’s smash “Nevermind” album.

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