The Seattle Times Friday June 17th 1994:
....”We are greatly saddened to learn of Kristen Pfaff’s death and extend our sympathy to her family, friends and other members of Hole,” Rosenblatt (President of Geffen and DGC Records) said in a statement.
“This is all the more tragic because she had gone through a drug rehabilitation program this winter and was in the process of moving back to Minneapolis to be with old friends until the Hole tour resumed.”
Pfaff’s father, Norman Pfaff of Denver, said according to her friends Kristen had not recently been involved with drugs. “It’s my understanding at the present time my daughter was not using drugs.” He said.
That sentiment was echoed by the bands drummer, Patty Schemel, who said she didn’t think Pfaff had used drugs since being in treatment last winter.
“It was an accident.” She said. “She loved life and this shouldn’t have happened. She was an amazing musician and a very beautiful person.
Pfaff’s father said he was told his daughter took a bath about 9pm Wednesday night and when her friend, Paul Erickson, a member of the group Hammerhead, checked on her, he thought he heard her snoring.
“It was common for her to fall asleep in the bathtub,” Pfaff said.
Erickson didn’t think anything about it and went to bed. About 9:30am yesterday, Erickson forced open the bathroom door, and the singer was dead, her father said.
He said Eric Erlandson, another member of Hole, also had been at the apartment Wednesday night. Both said there was nothing in Kristen Pfaff’s mood to indicate any problem.
...In the days after Cobain’s death, Love publicly denounced the drug trade there, saying Seattle police were not doing enough to stem the availability of heroin. She cited drug sales in specific apartment buildings, not far from the apartment where Pfaff died.
Seattle police pursued some of those leads, but no arrests were made in Cobain’s death. A heroin shooting kit was found next to his body.
...Hole had signed with a major record label, but Pfaff did not “like all the trappings,” said her father. “She thought it was a little out of control.”
While the recent Hole tour was put on hold, Pfaff toured again with Janitor Joe and had returned to Seattle just two days ago, her father said.
He described his daughter as “bright, personable, wonderful...very, very talented, smart, and she always seemed to be in control of her circumstances. Last night she wasn’t,” he said.
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If Kristen wasn’t in control, who was? I think my comments hold.
KRISTEN PFAFF, TALENTED MUSICIAN, BEAUTIFUL SOUL.
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