This article profiles “grunge queen” Courtney Love, widow of rock star Kurt Cobain (April 1994 suicide). Described as becoming the most powerful female rock icon in the country, Love thinks everyone wants her dead. The author talks to her about sex, drugs, her daughter, her husband & his suicide.Love reflects on her childhood. Her mother notes that the psychic pain that has made Love’s life so torturous is what is making her famous. “It’s about speaking in the voice of the anguish of the world.