Re: Re: Re: Re: From the same people who brought you AKLives...
To quote Reinstag:
"In 1969, Morrison was charged with public drunkeness, obscenity, feigning acts of masturbation and fellatio, and indecent exposure. This would have gotten him 10 years in jail. Add to that he was facing more than 20 paternity suits and he did what any intellegent rock star would do... he fled to Paris with his common law wife, Pamela Courson.
July 3, 1971 Morrison was found dead (but freshly shaved) in their bathtub. He was 27.
Here is where things get muddy.
Morrison was discovered by Courson. Doors road manager was the first person who knew Morrison (other than Courson) who got to the apartment. He found an already sealed coffin and a death certificate for Jim. Courison couldn't remember the name of the doctor who signed it (not unreasonable if you ask me). The cause of death was listed as a heart attack but no police report was filed nor was an autopsy performed. Both are standard procedure in Paris at the time.
When Courson filed the death certificat papers at the US embassy (on the day of the funeral) she told the file clerk that Jim had no surviving relatives. This let the certificate be processed that day and the funeral went as scheduled. Jim's mother, father and two siblings were alive and well in Arlington, Virginia.
Jim had been quoted many times as saying he wanted to start over and not be in the public eye. On the flip side, he was known to have an obsession with death and death images so the idea of him commiting suicide isn't out of the question. There were persistant rumors that a heroin overdose was the cause of death but there are no accounts of him ever touching the stuff before this point (plenty of alchohol though, the man could drink)."
