Jackie Farry, Nirvana Associate, Veteran Tour Manager and Frances Bean Cobain’s Former Nanny, Dies at 58
Jackie Farry, a market veteran who worked carefully with Nirvana-- ending up being Frances Bean Cobain's very first baby-sitter-- and after that was trip supervisor for Elliott Smith, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Lemonheads and others, passed away Sunday of issues from a lung illness. Farry, who had actually fought cancer for more than twenty years, was 58.
Farry's market profession started at Homestead Records, where she was a receptionist for the prominent indie label that was a precursor to Matador Records. She moved rapidly into radio-promotion functions at Atlantic and Epic, however she rapidly ended up being a familiar and popular existence on the New York music scene and a buddy to much of the bands of the period. After dealing with Nirvana till Kurt Cobain's death ...