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Friend's Death Came Right After Cobain
- Candace Opper lost a friend to suicide a week after Kurt Cobain died and believes it was a clear copycat case.
- That loss drove her years-long obsession and the memoir she's been writing.
Why Cobain Fits Suicidology's Profile
- Suicidology treats Kurt Cobain as a 'textbook' suicide because of family history, childhood trauma, depression, illness, and substance use.
- These interacting risk factors show suicide is multifactorial, not reducible to fame alone.
Fame As A Simplifying Narrative
- The media's 'couldn't cope with fame' narrative simplifies complex causes and offers a neat, dramatic explanation.
- That framing comforts audiences but often obscures deeper, long-term risk factors.