Krist agrees with me that such theories are absurd. He feels that his friend was never the same after the OD in Rome and that “something affected his brain.” He sees a lot of forethought in Kurt’s final days, even including his choice of a small-gauge shotgun. “It wasn’t the kind of gun you’d get to protect yourself, it’s what you should use for killing birds. He didn’t want to make a big mess.” Using a phrase he had employed previously to describe Kurt relative to his art, Krist concluded bitterly, “Kurt was a planner.”
