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Kurt Cobain's childhood home could be turned into a museum.
Fans of the late Nirvana singer have joined a campaign to raise money to turn the property in Aberdeen, Washington into a tourist attraction.
The 'Numb' singer's mother, Wendy O'Connor, put the bungalow on the market last year for $500,000, even though it was only valued for about $67,000 and now fan
journalist Jaime Dunkle has now set up a page on website GoFundMe to try and pull in $700,000 to "[make] sure this house is memorialised by us fans so it doesn't end up in the clutches of capitalist greed".
She said she sent information about herself to Kurt's mother to prove that she wasn't a "crazed fan" and was serious about trying to raise the money.
Jaime told the Broward-Palm Beach New Times: "I used to be in the American Criminal Justice Association, so I made a long list of everything I've ever done and emailed it to the real estate agent, and she said she was forwarding it to Mrs O'Connor.
"After that, they started taking me more seriously, I think. It took weeks of phone calls and emails, but I successfully set up an appointment to see the house. I deliberately arranged it to be on what would have been Kurt Cobain's 47th birthday."
She described her first visit to the property on as a "total head spin" and was only given 15 minutes to take photographs and film inside the bungalow.
Jaime added: "The walk up the stairs into his bedroom made the hairs on my neck stand up. All I could think was that I was seeing through his eyes and walking in his footsteps, literally."
Wendy and Kurt's father, Donald, bought the house in 1969, when the singer was two years old.
The 27-year-old star, who shot himself and was found dead in April 1994., moved out when his parents separated when he was nine but returned for short period during his teenage years.

Lil Wayne thinks Kanye West is a "genius".
The 'Lollipop' hitmaker has defended the controversial rapper and insists he's willing to back up anything Kanye does after being left dazzled by his recent 'Yeezus Tour'.
Speaking to Elliott Wilson for his CRWN series, Lil Wayne said: "I rock with anything he does. That man's a genius. He did a whole show with a mask on.
"When he came out with the mask, I was like, 'This n***a crazy,' so then two songs go by, 'This n***a crazy, he still got that mask on.' That's crazy as hell ' y'all know I couldn't do no s**t like that.
"I found myself out of breath in that b***h. Now you know that's a show."
Lil Wayne - who is the founder of record label Young Money Entertainment - also explained why he stopped referring to himself as, "The best rapper in the world", after signing Drake and Nicki Minaj.
He said: "I have awesome artists, simple and plain. At that time I didn't have that, I [didn't] care who on the mic. But now I have artists [and I say], 'I want you to be better than me.' Yes. I want everybody to feel like they're the best at what they do. It ain't about that now, it's about us."

Pop band R5 were stunned when Selena Gomez gave them her phone number.
The American act - featuring Ross Lynch from Disney Channel's 'Austin & Ally', 'Glee' star Riker Lynch, Rocky Lynch, Rydel Lynch and Ellington Lee Ratliff, met the former Disney star at an event and she took the time to give them some advice about making it in the music industry.
Rocky gushed about the star and told BANG Showbiz: "She gave me her number! You know how I never answered the question about whether or not I'm single? ... Well there's an exclusive, front page! 'Rolena' is real."
The band think the 'Come And Get' singer is "really sweet" and revealed she played them an exclusive preview of her latest single during their time together.
Brother and bandmate Riker insists the band are taking each day as it comes but have dreams of performing with big names.
He said: "We're just riding a wave so we'll see what happens. But I mean if they [record bosses] were like, 'You guys want to do a duet with Robin Thicke? I'd be like, 'Hell yeah, is he going to be in a referee costume? Is there going to be a bunch of teddy bears jumping around? Double check!"
R5 are currently in the middle of their 'Louder' world tour to promote their debut album and are planning a return to Europe this summer.

Little Mix are enlisting Jason Derulo and Macklemore to help establish themselves in America.
The 'Word Up!' singers recently celebrated the success of their second studio album 'Salute' in the US, but they are now hoping to top the record's success by working with more American artists and producers for their next effort.
Jade Thirlwall said: "We want to write with more American producers and are hoping to work with Jason Derulo's people. 'Talk Dirty' is our favourite song so more stuff like that.
"And we would love to collaborate with Macklemore too.
"It's about making more hits, really. We start working on it as soon as we get back from America before our UK tour, so it will be a bit of a rush."
The girl group - also consisting of Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock - recently recorded the official song for this year's Sport Relief charity appeal and were stunned when former girl band icon, Melanie C of Spice Girls fame, agreed to make a cameo in the video.
Jade told the Daily Star newspaper: "Mel C is lovely. We didn't even know she was going to be there and it was a total surprise.
"I was like, 'Oh my God, that's Mel C, pretend to act normal, girls.'
"She said, 'Whenever you're free you need to come to my house for lunch.' "

Justin Bieber's new love ballad is about Selena Gomez.
The 20-year-old singer posted a teaser for the track 'Life Is Worth Living Again' on his Instagram account on March 15 and it is reportedly one of many new songs the 'Boyfriend' hitmaker has written about his 21-year-old on/off girlfriend.
A source told HollywoodLife.com: "Yes, 'Live Is Worth Living Again' was all for Selena and that's not the only song he's written for her. He's written a bunch of stuff for her, she's his biggest inspiration."
Justin, who has been dating Selena on/off since 2010, also dedicated a song to the brunette beauty during a surprise performance in Texas earlier this month.
He turned up at the Banger's Sausage House and Beer Garden in Austin for the South by Southwest festival and sang his hit 'As Long As You Love Me' for his "baby", who was standing in the wings.
After his romantic gesture, the pair reportedly hung out together for an hour after everyone left the venue.
Meanwhile, the star has posted a number of photographs on his Instagram account this week showing him the studio recording new material and claims it's the "best music" he's ever made.
Next to one of the snaps, he wrote: "I'm in the studio all day everyday for the ones who believe in me and support me 🙂 you fall but you rise back up stronger. Be great (sic)"

The Rolling Stones will tour Australia and New Zealand in October.
The band were forced to postpone their seven-date tour Down Under, which was scheduled to kick off last night (19.03.14), after the frontman Sir Mick Jagger's long-term girlfriend L'Wren Scott, 47, committed suicide at her New York apartment earlier this week.
However, the promoters, Frontier Touring, reassured fans that the 'Brown Sugar' hitmakers would return in October to perform their '14 ON FIRE' tour, but the exact dates are yet to be confirmed.
The company told fans: "If the new dates are not suitable, rest assured you will be able to secure a refund.
"While we encourage fans to hold on to their tickets, the option to secure a refund is now available to you via the official ticketing agency you purchased from."
The group were "shocked" by the death of the fashion designer and are focusing on helping Sir Mick - who has been in a relationship with the former model for 13 years - get through this "awful time".
Drummer Charlie Watts said yesterday: "Needless to say we are all completely shocked but our first thought is to support Mick at this awful time.
"We intend to come back to Australia and New Zealand as soon as it proves possible."
Guitarist Ronnie Wood added: "This is such terrible news and right now the important thing is that we are all pulling together to offer Mick our support."

Jason Derulo's next single will feature Snoop Lion.
The 'Trumpets' star, who will release his new album 'Talk Dirty' later this year, has revealed he was the "most excited" he's ever been when recording a song during his time in the studio with the rapper.
He told MTV: "I probably shouldn't tell you but my next single is called 'Wiggle' and it features Snoop [Lion, formerly Snoop Dogg], and man it's one of the most fun records you've ever heard in your life.
"It's the most excited I've been about a song I wrote in my entire career.
"I've been performing it on the road, even though I'm not supposed to, but like I told you, you only live one time."
The singer and rapper also opened up about how new record and insists it will be different from his US EP 'Tattoos', which was released last year.
He said: "A lot of the album is fun, a lot of it is upbeat, feel-good music, but there is an emotional portion to the album too, it months in a lot of different ways.
"You heard the first portion of the album on songs like 'The Other Side' and 'Marry Me', but then it switches to the other side with 'Talk Dirty'."
He added: "It represents everything I've got, everything I was feeling in the moment."
Jason is yet to announce whether his new album will be released in the UK.

George Michael was "too afraid" to ask Amy Winehouse to duet with him.
The 'Careless Whisper" hitmaker was keen to duet with the 'Back To Black' singer, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011, and even wrote a song for her after she died, but claims he was too nervous to discuss a collaboration when she was still alive.
He told BBC Radio 2: "I was always too afraid to ask to duet with her. I love the fact that she finally duetted with Tony Bennett just before she died. It must have been amazing for her father."
Amy recorded the song 'Body And Soul' with celebrated jazz singer Tony in 2011 before she died and her father Mitch has always been a big fan.
George, 50, who rose to fame in the duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley, also wrote a song for Amy, 27, before she passed away but never had the chance to show her it.
He added: "And also, there's no question in my mind, one of the things that was so special about Amy was her parents' taste in music and she had the great advantage of having fantastic music on in the house as a young child, and I think that really makes a difference. Most of us don't have parents with fantastic record collections."
He said his own father, Jack Panos, never let him buy records when he was younger and he was left to listen to what was lying around the house.
George said: "And that was like a Henry Mancini album, a couple of Greek albums. But basically there wasn't a lot of stimulation going on in the house musically."

Kian Egan says Westlife would've been disappointed with One Direction's album sales.
The 33-year-old star - who was a member of the Irish boyband for nearly 15 years - has spoken out about changes in the music industry and thinks although the 'X Factor' formed band have achieved global fame, Westlife would have been disappointed if they had the same UK album sales.
He said: "I was told the other day that One Direction's album sold around 700,000 copies in the UK and it was the biggest selling album of the year.
"Back in the day with Westlife, that would have been fairly poor, we were selling more like 1.7 or 1.8 million. Times have changed."
Kian has just released his first solo single, 'Home', but claims when he and his Westlife bandmates - Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Brian McFadden and Mark Feehily - were at the height of their fame, they had a lot more competition than One Direction.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: "There were loads of bands around then - Blue, Steps, A1, S Club - there was room for all of us.
"But now there's only really room for one One Direction."
The 'What About Now' hitmaker has also voiced his interest in reuniting with his former bandmates in the future.
He added: "I can't see it happening in the near future but I'd love to stand on a stage with those boys again at some point."