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TIL Frances Bean Cobain (daughter of Kurt Cobain) filed for divorce from her 1st husband, Isaiah Silva, in 2016 after less than 2 years of marriage. They ended up fighting for custody of Kurt's guitar played during his MTV Unplugged performance in November 1993. The court awarded it to Silva.

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