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Kurt Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean, pays tribute to late father on his 50th birthday

Frances Bean Cobain at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 Show at Park Avenue Armory on Feb. 16, 2017, in New York City.

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Frances Bean Cobain at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 Show at Park Avenue Armory on Feb. 16, 2017, in New York City.
By Michelle Ewing
Feb 21, 2017

According to ABC News, Frances Bean Cobain, 24, took to social media Monday to share a message to the grunge rock legend, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in April 1994.

"Today would have been your 50th birthday," she wrote in an Instagram post. "You are loved and you are missed. Thank you for giving me the gift of life. Forever your daughter, Frances Bean Cobain."

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"I love you so much," Frances Bean Cobain wrote. "Thank you for being my one and only Grams. I wouldn't trade you for the world and I know he is thankful that you raised me to be as strong & compassionate as you are."

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