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The man installing his security system found his body. 🎸
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Ironic TwistsAug 28, 2026

The man installing his security system found his body. 🎸

The man installing his security system found his body. 🎸 . . . On April 8, 1994, electrician Gary Smith arrived at Kurt Cobain's Seattle home to install a system Courtney Love had ordered β€” designed to alert her if Kurt left. Cobain had shot himself three days earlier in the greenhouse above the garage. Smith saw him through the window and thought he was a mannequin.

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