SEATTLE, May 24 A British ad using the image of the late Kurt Cobain to sell boots is "despicable" and "outrageous," said a spokesman for Courtney Love, Cobain ' s widow. The ad shows an angelic-looking Cobain sitting on a cloud and wearing a pair of black Dr. Marten boots. The copy reads, "Dr. Martens. Forever." "Courtney had no idea this was taking place and would never have approved such a use," her representative told People magazine. "She thinks it's outrageous that a company is allowed to commercially gain from such a despicable use of her husband's picture." The ad for the company's AirWair line is part of a campaign featuring several dead rock stars, including Sid Vicious from The Sex Pistols and Joey Ramone from The Ramones. The series hasn't surfaced in the United States."It does appear that in the UK what Dr. Martens has done is allowed," the representative said. "Courtney did not, and would not, approve of such a use of Kurt's name and likeness." Love and Cobain married in 1992 and had a daughter, Frances Bean, now 14. Cobain committed suicide with a shotgun at the couple's Seattle home in 1994.Copyright 2007 by UPI
