Helen Mirren says Kurt Cobain's death is 'so sad' because he 'never saw GPS'

While reflecting connected her ain coming of age, Helen Mirren referenced Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's death. 

During an interrogation with Evening Standard's "Brave New World" podcast, the actress, 79, opened up astir however "sad" it was that Cobain died astatine specified a young property and didn't get a accidental to beryllium a portion of and witnesser the maturation of modern technology.

"You’ve moved done your life, and you are astatine the different extremity of your life," she said. "You’re astatine the spot you ne'er imagined you’d ever scope erstwhile you’re 20, oregon 30 oregon adjacent 40. But the world is you bash scope it — if you’re lucky. And that’s the No. 1 happening you recognize … is your good luck astatine getting to beryllium [alive]. I’m 79, and you suffer radical on the way.

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Helen Mirren said Kurt Cobain's decease is "sad" due to the fact that helium ne'er got to acquisition modern technology. (Getty Images)

"I ever accidental it’s truthful bittersweet that Kurt Cobain died erstwhile helium did, due to the fact that helium ne'er saw GPS," she added. "GPS is the astir fantastic thing, to ticker my small bluish spot walking down the street. I conscionable find it wholly magical and unbelievable.

"I’m not afloat of youth, but I americium beingness full," she added. "I overmuch similar that phrase. … And I consciousness truthful grateful that I lived successful a satellite without exertion for rather immoderate time. I knew a satellite without exertion successful a heavy and afloat sense. … Human transportation was a precise antithetic happening backmost then."

This isn't the archetypal clip Mirren has referenced Cobain erstwhile discussing age. 

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Mirren has referenced Cobain successful past interviews.  (Getty IMages)

During an interrogation with Oprah Winfrey successful 2014, she said, "Look astatine Kurt Cobain — helium hardly adjacent saw a computer. The integer worldly that’s going connected is truthful exciting. I’m conscionable truthful funny astir what happens next."

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Two years later, successful 2016, she told the Daily Mail, "If I’d died astatine 27, the property that Kurt Cobain died successful 1994, I’d ne'er person adjacent known determination was an internet. Incredible things are happening each the time, and I can’t hold to spot what comes next."

Cobain was recovered dormant astatine property 27 successful 1994.  (Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Cobain was recovered dormant successful his Seattle home April 8, 1994. Forensic investigation determined helium died by termination with a shotgun blast to his caput 3 days earlier. He was 27.