40 Years Ago Today

[B. Goren.]

40 years ago today, on July 3 1971, Jim Morrison was found dead in his hotel room in Paris.

[GA Russell]

Has the cause of death ever been announced?

[B. Goren.]

Has the cause of death ever been announced?

I think the official cause was heart failure but the absence of an autopsy has left many questions.

Edited July 4, 2011 by B. Goren.

[Hardbopjazz]

Who is taking the Sax solo? I've seen him before somewhere.

[BFrank]

Is that Curtis Amy? He's the one who recorded the original solo.

[jlhoots]

Who is taking the Sax solo? I've seen him before somewhere.

Not sure - Curtis Amy?

If that's wrong I'm sure someone will have the correct answer.

[B. Goren.]

Is that Curtis Amy? He's the one who recorded the original solo.

Definitely looks like Curtis Amy.

[brownie]

Has the cause of death ever been announced?

I think the official cause was heart attack but the absence of an autopsy has left many questions.

Best report (and probably most accurate) I have read on Morrison's final days:

http://www.idafan.com/book-StephenDavis-RSexcerpt.htm

The story does not mention that it took three or four days for the news of his death to be reported.

I was working at the AP in Paris back then. The NY head office messaged its Paris bureau that there was a rumor of Morrison's death days after it occured.

I was the only one in the office to be aware of Morrison's presence in Paris (I had seen him a few weeks earlier walking with friends once in the Latin Quarter and another time when he was looking at books at one of the bouquinistes stand on the Seine river banks).

If I remember right, it was the US embassy that confirmed his death.

[sidewinder]

Is that Curtis Amy? He's the one who recorded the original solo.

Definitely looks like Curtis Amy.

Curtis Amy definitely played on some of those Doors sessions. There's a previous thread confirming this.