/ Source: E!online
It was 17 years ago, on April 5, 1994, that the shocking news came: Kurt Cobain had committed suicide at 27. The Nirvana frontman wasn't the only pop icon to leave us way too soon. Not by a long shot. Elvis. M.J. Tupac. Selena. They all met untimely doom in the form of drugs, bullets and fiery crashes.
Check out our gallery of some of the world's most respected and talented musicians, all of whom died long before their time.
(Originally published June 28, 2009, at 8:05 a.m. PT)