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Death of Hendrix

18 September 1970

Jimi's body was found on 18 September at Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London, the coroners concluded that while he was unconscious from sleeping pills and red wine he choked on his own vomit. The inevitable controversy around his death led to all manner of theories as to why he died. His death was made all the more tragic by the losses of Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin in the same year.

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  • sean, hull
    if only jimi was still around, just imgine what would be?

    Richie Howells, Weston-super-Mare
    Jimi was a legend

    Jason Berrie, leicester
    I am very much looking forward to viewing this programme and understand that not every artist can be featured, however, how an artist like Rory Gallagher can be omitted from this I don't know!!!Rory Gallagher played music of which was way before it's time and he is right up there with Hendrix, but because he chose not to play music to suffice chart music he is continuously ignored when these sort of tributes are made.RIP Rory and never mind, we all know who the best was and still very much is!!!!



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