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Jackie Farry, Frances Bean Cobain’s Nanny, 1990s Music Industry Veteran, Dies at 58


Jackie Farry, Frances Bean Cobain's nanny and a veteran of several music labels in the 1990s, has died at 58 after a long battle with lung disease.

Jackie Farry, a music industry veteran who served as tour manager for Elliot Smith and the Lemonheads in the 1990s and who was Frances Bean Cobain’s first nanny, died on Sunday (Jan. 12) of complications from lung disease. Later in the decade, Farry was a tour manager for a number of indie rock acts, including Stereolab, the Lemonheads, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Quasi and others. “Jackie carried with her an incredible trove of memories and songs from those formative years,” Billig told THR.

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