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June 8, 1998

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Endless Love

Daphne Merkin

Daphne Merkin on Courtney Love, the leader of the band Hole, the widow of Kurt Cobain, the star of “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” and the subject of Nick Broomfield’s documentary “Kurt & Courtney.”