Death of Hendrix

1970 Jimi Hendrix (b. 1942) was pronounced dead on arrival at St Mary’s Hospital, London, from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. It is believed he had been dead for quite some time when ambulance officers found him in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent, London earlier that morning.

The loss of three J's
Hendrix, Janis Joplin (1943 - October 4, 1970) and Jim Morrison (1943 - July 3, 1971), three rock legends, all leaders of their respective bands, whose names all started with the letter J, were all born within 12½ months of each other, and all died of drug overdoses within ten months of each other. All were aged just 27 when they died.

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