The Best of 27 Club
Personal Life - Jim Morrison
Birth name : James Douglas Morrison
Also known as : The Lizard King
Mr. Mojo Risin' (anagram of "Jim Morrison")
Born : December 8, 1943 Melbourne, Florida, U.S.
Died : July 3, 1971 (aged 27) Le Marais, Paris, France
Genres : Rock psychedelic rock spoken word
Occupation(s) : Singer-songwriter poet filmmaker director actor
Instruments : Vocals tambourine maracas guitar harmonica piano synthesizer
Early Morrison's early life was the semi-nomadic existence typical of military families. Jerry Hopkins recorded Morrison's brother, Andy, explaining that his parents had determined never to use physical corporal punishment such as spanking on their children. They instead instilled discipline and levied punishment by the military tradition known as dressing down. This consisted of yelling at and berating the children until they were reduced to tears and acknowledged their failings. Once Morrison graduated from UCLA, he broke off most contact with his family. By the time Morrison's music ascended to the top of the charts (in 1967) he had not been in communication with his family for more than a year and falsely claimed that his parents and siblings were dead (or claiming, as it has been widely misreported, that he was an only child).
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Death
Morrison joined Courson in Paris in March 1971, at an apartment he had rented on the rue Beautreillis (in the 4th arrondissement of Paris on the Right Bank). In letters he described going for long walks through the city, alone. During this time, Morrison shaved his beard and lost some of the weight he had gained in the previous months.[58] Morrison died on July 3, 1971 at age 27. In the official account of his death, he was found in a Paris apartment bathtub (at 17–19 rue Beautreillis, 4th arrondissement) by Courson. The official cause of death was listed on the death certificate as "heart failure". No autopsy was performed.
