Jim Morrison
Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty ImagesJim Morrisonbrother, Andy Morrisonhas given a rare interview about the late Doors frontman in a new documentary Before the End: In Search of Jim Morrison.
While there have been many theories in the years since the rocker was found dead in 1971, Andy offered a simple explanation for his brother’s death.
“His lifestyle (killed him). He obviously had too much to drink,” Andy said on the show. “I think he was overweight at the time and, you know, if you’re not in good health and drinking too much and messing around with some drugs, it’s not that hard to do.”
Jim’s body was found on July 3, 1971, in the bathtub of a Paris apartment rented by his girlfriend at the time, Pamela Courson. His official cause of death was listed as heart failure, but an autopsy was never performed because it was not required by French law.
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At the very least, Jim left the States for Paris to take a break from the Doors after the band finished the album. LA woman.
“I think he actually wanted to get back to serious writing. And maybe he outgrew the Doors, that was enough,” said Andy Before the end. “Was he 100 percent finished, I don’t think so. I think he just needed a break.”
A few years ago, the guitarist of the Doors Robby Krieger dismissed theories that his former bandmate is still alive somewhere, partly because he doesn’t think Jim could have truly left music behind.
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“When he went to Paris, supposedly to get away from it all, all he did was jump on stage with these nimble house bands, get drunk and sing,” said Krieger (79). People in 2021. “He couldn’t stop himself from it. That’s why I know he’s dead. Because if he were alive, he’d be somewhere up there on the stage.”
Krieger also didn’t like that Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek occasionally stoked the flames hinting that Jim might still be alive. (Manzarek died in 2013 at the age of 74.)
“I loved talking to Ray, and he’d always say, ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if Jim showed up.’ And I used to think, ‘Come on, man, you don’t really believe that, do you?'” Krieger said. Classic rock magazine in 2020. “That was pretty scary—. Yeah, he didn’t have to do that.”