15 celebrities who died too soon

5. Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain was the singer for the iconic Grunge band Nirvana, which hailed from Seattle. Although his artistic career was short lived, the music that he and his band created still lives in the public consciousness to this day, and its influence can be traced to many of the most popular bands of the 21st century. That’s why it was so unfortunate that he chose to end his own life at the age of 27, when he put a shotgun in his own mouth on April 5, 1994.