  frances bean cobain (born august 18, 1992) is an american visual artist, and only child of the late nirvana frontman kurt cobain and hole frontwoman courtney love. == early life == cobain was born at 7:48 a.m. on august 18, 1992 at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.cross, charles r. heavier than heaven, hyperion, 2001. isbn 0-7868-6505-9 p. 246. she was named after frances mckee, the guitarist for the scottish indie pop duo the vaselines. her middle name bean was chosen because kurt cobain thought she looked like a kidney bean on the ultrasound. her godfather is former r.e.m. frontman michael stipe, and the actress drew barrymore is her godmother. before love gave birth to her daughter, there were rumors suggesting that she used heroin during her pregnancy. this scandal intensified when vanity fair published lynn hirschberg's article "strange love" that alleged love admitted to using heroin even after learning of her pregnancy. along with husband kurt cobain, love maintained that vanity fair took her words out of context. eventually, child welfare services launched an investigation questioning their parenting abilities. the investigation was eventually dismissed, but not without a signi
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