Tank tops featuring screen prints of late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain's scrawled suicide note, which were reportedly first made available through a seller via the online retailer Etsy, have been yanked from the site after some fans took notice and complained the shirts were in poor taste. Similar tops were then being offered via eBay, although it now appears that they have been pulled from that site as well. A discussion about the shirts was started on Reddit, where one user commented: "This makes me question the morality of the fashion industry and how far people are willing to go just to make a quick buck. "I'm actually speechless and really this is just sick and obnoxious on every level, no doubt about it, I really see no logical nor creative reason to have this as a 'fashion' statement." Another user wrote: "As a huge Kurt fan, I find this shit repulsive." The nearly 20-year-old investigation into Cobain's April 1994 suicide was briefly re-opened and examined by Seattle police last year, according to the Seattle Times. Aside from a few rolls of undeveloped crime scene photos, the cold case detective assigned to the task uncovered no new findings. Police spokeswoman Renee Witt said that the detective "dug up the files and had another look, and there was nothing new," adding that the photos were "underwhelming." The 27-year-old Cobain killed himself with a shotgun on April 5, 1994 in his Seattle-area home. Gary Smith, an electrician who found the body three days later on April 8, said that he found a suicide note that ended with "I love you, I love you." In his last weeks of life, Cobain overdosed in Rome and had to be hospitalized, entered and then fled rehab, fought bitterly with wife Courtney Love and threatened to kill himself. Cobain and NIRVANA were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in April 2014.
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E-Commerce Sites Halt Sale of Kurt Cobain Suicide Note T-Shirt http://t.co/jTbDKCREd2 #Nirvana pic.twitter.com/K2qNTPjk3J
— Nirvana Fans UK (@NirvanaFansUK) January 14, 2015
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