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Jim Morrison Died Of A Heroin Overdose

A new book claims...

Jim Morrison Died Of A Heroin Overdose

A new book alleges that Jim Morrison died of a heroin overdose in a Paris nightclub, seemingly dispelling the theory that he was killed by heart failure.

The Doors frontman was found dead in the bathtub in his Paris apartment in March 1971 – a death that’s always been shrouded in mystery.  Coroners did not carry out an autopsy as they believed there were no suspicious circumstances.

Writing in his book, bar owner Sam Bernett claims in his book ‘Life, Death, Legend’ that Morrison died from a heroin overdose in a toilet cubicle in his Rock and Roll Circus nightclub.

Bernett alleges that two drug dealers tried to revive the singer but failed, so they hauled his body back to the apartment where Morrison’s girlfriend Pamela Courson apparently discovered the body.

Bernett writes: “When we found him dead, he had a little foam on his nose, and some blood too, and the doctor said, 'That must be an overdose of heroin.'"

The story directly contrasts to that  of Courson who claims she went out to a movie that evening. She says that when they came home, Morrison began to feel ill and took a bath, where he died.

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  • jim morrison is dead? fuck me!

    ~ by Apollo | Send Message | 7/12/2007

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  • but coincidentally leaves it till now to say anything. In his book.

    ~ by stick 7/12/2007

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  • its shit, i read some girls book who he was seeing and she said that pamela told her he had came home from a bar and there was heroin which he thought was coke and had a line and straight away fell to his knees so she rang her french count and they put him in the bath to try and revive him but he died.

    ~ by carla 7/12/2007

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  • i think everyone has been watching too much tarrantino.

    ~ by Apollo | Send Message | 7/12/2007

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  • IT doesnt matter how he died, the fact is another legend died young...

    ~ by a_pitiful_annonymous | Send Message | 7/12/2007

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