Jim Morrison

“Who isn't fascinated with chaos? More than that, though, I am interested in activity that has no meaning, and all I mean by that is free activity.”

                                                                                                    -Jim Morrison

Considered to be one of the most influential lyricists of his time, Jim Morrison was and continues to be an important figurative leader for musical counterculture. During the late 1960’s, he and his band The Doors were considered to be one of the most exciting, provocative and successful acts in America and  helped to set off a musical revolution.  

Jim Morrison in 1969

Born December 8 1943 in Melbourne Florida, Jim Morrison spent his adolescent life travelling from military base to military base with his conservative family; his father was an admiral in the U.S Navy and therefore the family moved base depending on his orders.(1) In 1966 he was enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles where he met his future Doors band members, and by 1967 The Doors were the resident band at LA’s Whiskey-A-Go-Go and had recorded their first album. 

On the morning of July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison’s girlfriend found him unresponsive in their bathtub while the couple had been in Paris on vacation. The doctor who had been treating him at the time was called, and after a brief examination, it was determined that he had passed away naturally from heart failure and his death had not been the direct result of the overuse of drugs or alcohol. (2) This began on of the most prevalent conspiracy theories about Jim Morrison, as many people saw evidence that he faked his own death and is currently still living somewhere else, due to the fact that no autopsy was ever performed and only a handful of people actually saw the body after his death.(1)

On the morning of July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison’s girlfriend found him unresponsive in their bathtub while the couple had been in Paris on vacation. The doctor who had been treating him at the time was called, and after a brief examination, it was determined that he had passed away naturally from heart failure and his death had not been the direct result of the overuse of drugs or alcohol. (2) For many of Jim Morrison’s close friends and acquaintances, this was the final chapter for a man who had been in a state of decline for several years. For many of his fans and admirers though, the lack of information surrounding his death has only increased their belief that The Doors front man is still alive.    

By Brendan Olk

Sources.

1./

http://www.americanlegends.com/morrison/aronowitz.html  
2./
The Last Days of Jim Morrison. (2004). Rolling Stone, (952/953), 68-80. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.