Following a series of unfortunate events, Cobain died caused by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Following the tragic death of Cobain, most of his money and estate were inherited by his widow Courtney Love.
The couple had their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, on August 8, Frances was only 20 months old when her father passed away. When she turned 18 years old in , Frances has taken the control of her trust fund.
Frances Bean, their daughter, is slowly inheriting more and more of her father's estate through her trust fund, even though she feels guilty about taking it. Love, on the other hand, has kept the fund somewhat safe for Frances and has her own portion of the money herself. But like any financial situation, it can kinda get confusing.
Here's what we know about Cobain's estate and how much his wife and daughter get from it. Issues surrounding his inheritance came into question, especially considering Courtney's financial past. Well, despite their mother-daughter relationship, Frances claimed that Twitter should ban her mother after Love claimed Dave Grohl once hit on her. This led to quite a strained relationship, however, after apologizing, Frances and Courtney are much closer. Now, Courtney has to worry about Olivia Rodrigo fans after she referred to the Sour artist as "rude" over what Courtney felt was a rip off of her album cover.
A post shared by Courtney Love Cobain courtneylove. Frances was only 20 months old when her father took his own life and left her and Love his entire estate. But to understand both their inheritances, we need to understand how much that estate is worth.
When we talk about his estate we're talking about pretty much everything that has his name or Nirvana's name on it, so you have music sales, the millions of online streams on YouTube, etc. But everything that Love got, a portion of it was put in a trust fund for Frances as well.
But since Cobain died without a will, there was no one to say when, how, and how much anyone would receive any assets. So that means Love became the executor, and it didn't go so well.
There's been a couple of legal battles and bad financial movements on Love's part that have lost the estate money. A new commercial starring Cobain's likeness is also drawing fire.
Dutch brewer Bavaria recently released the spot, which features Cobain and other deceased icons, including Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Tupac Shakur, hiding out and drinking beer together in a tropical paradise. Bavaria's commercial draws a parallel to an early s Diet Coke commercial featuring singer Elton John side-by-side with digitally recreated versions of the deceased stars Louis Armstrong and James Cagney. One product deal that did receive a seal of approval from Love is a tie-up with Converse, which crafted a special edition Chuck Taylor sneaker featuring Cobain lyrics.
Cobain regularly wore Converse sneakers, and was wearing a pair when his body was found on April 8, Other legends' widows have also had difficulty finding balance as they managed the images of their deceased spouses. Robyn Astaire, widow of iconic actor Fred Astaire, became known for tenaciously protecting the rights to Astaire's films, while at the same time approving the use of Astaire's dancing image in a late s Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner commercial that aired during the Super Bowl.
Even so, Cobain must still compete for ranking among iconic, high-earning artists who died before their time.
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