“I’m not a woman. I’m a force of nature.” —Courtney Love
Courtney Love isn’t wrong. Much more than just the wife of Kurt Cobain, Love was at the forefront of several influential grunge bands in the early 90s. She’s also lived the kind of life that only a force of nature could survive. Here are 43 wild facts about Courtney Love.
43. Grateful Dad
Love’s father is Hank Harrison, the road manager for the Grateful Dead. Unsurprisingly then, her godfather was bassist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh. Talk about rock royalty.
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42. Childhood of Love
Love spent her childhood in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco from the years 1964-1969, when her parents divorced. This means Love was there for the famous “summer of love” in 1967.
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41. Marcola Move
In 1970, Love moved with her mother to Marcola, Oregon. While there, Love was adopted by her step-father, Frank Rodriguez.
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40. Foxy Grandmother
Love’s biological grandmother is novelist Paula Fox, but Love’s mother Linda Carroll had been given up for adoption right after she was born, and Love didn’t find out who her grandmother was until much later in life. The two are not close, in part because of the fact that Fox won’t tell Love who her grandfather is. In what could be a steamy twist, Love believes it might be actor Marlon Brando. Her evidence? Love has said, “If you look at me before my first nose job I kind of look like Marlon Brando.”
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