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The Life & Death of Kurt Cobain (1994) | MTV News Special Report

#KurtCobain #Nirvana #MTVNews  #SuicidePrevention #NationalSuicidePreventionLifeline #1-800-273-8255 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died on April 5, 1994. The day he was confirmed dead, MTV News ran a special hosted by Kurt Loder that discussed the life and legacy of Cobain, and why he was so impactful to so many music fans around the world. Warning: The following contains detailed descriptions of depression and suicide. MTV News Published on Apr 5, 2019

We need to talk about Suicide more. On average, there are 123 suicides each day.

#SuicidePrevention #800-273-TALK-(8255)  #NationalSuicidePreventionLifeline #Suicide  On average, there are 123 suicides each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And for every person who dies, about 29 more attempt it. It’s now the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. We all know someone touched by suicide. Myself included. I lived with my grandparents until I was 2. I stayed close to my grandfather; he never stopped looking out for me, even as I started college, work, a family. Then, in 2001, he killed himself. It wasn’t a secret, but no one ever talked about it. That was 17 years ago. And still today, we just don’t talk about suicide. The media rarely share stories of suicide, in part because we don’t want to make things worse. The practice in newspapers for decades was not to write about suicide at all unless it was done in public or was a public figure. When the media cover high-profile suicides, especially when they include specif