Was an autopsy performed on Jim Morrison?

No autopsy was performed on the body of Jim Morrison nor was there much of an examination. The story told by his girlfriend changed on every telling, and rumors still exist today as to how he died.

What really happened to Jim Morrison in Paris?

Officially, he was found dead in a bathtub in Paris by his girlfriend Pamela Courson. French officials said that Jim Morrison’s cause of death was heart failure — without conducting an autopsy. Before the world knew what had happened, he was quietly laid to rest in Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Why was Jim Morrison buried in France?

Jim Morrison Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, has a remarkably simple tomb, but it is one of the most popular in the cemetery. After Morrison died in 1971, of a suspected drug overdose in Paris, he was buried in an unmarked grave in Pere Lachaise. When the cemetery placed a simple marker on the site it was stolen.

Why was Jim Morrison coughing up blood?

They say that Morrison had asthma and was suffering from a respiratory condition involving a chronic cough and vomiting blood on the night of his death.

Who inherited Jim Morrison’s money?

Pamela Courson
Morrison’s girlfriend (or common-law wife in the eyes of the courts), Pamela Courson, inherited his entire estate. This would become legally binding if Ms. Courson lived for at least three months after he died.

What happened to Jimi Morrison in Paris?

An AXS TV documentary ‘Final 24’ attempts to solve the mystery. On the last night of Morrison’s life, his girlfriend, Pamela Courson, booked an apartment at 17-19, rue Beautreillis in Le Marais, 4th arrondissement, Paris where the rocker reportedly listened to records, fell ill and died of a heath attack in his bathtub on July 3, 1971. He was 27.

Why was there not an autopsy performed on the Frenchman?

An autopsy was not performed as the French Law at the time did not need it. Many theories link his death to a heroin overdose and the riddles remain unsolved.

What was Jim Morrison’s cause of death?

Officially, he was found dead in a bathtub in Paris by his girlfriend Pamela Courson. French officials said that Jim Morrison’s cause of death was heart failure — without conducting an autopsy. Before the world knew what had happened, he was quietly laid to rest in Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Was Jim Morrison really buried in a cemetery in France?

Here’s one for fans of the late, great Unsolved Mysteries (and the still-crankin’, not quite as great Ghost Hunters ): A photograph taken in 1997 at the French cemetery where Doors frontman Jim Morrison is buried features a ghostly apparition that appears to be Morrison. Are you with us?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-tvH87z0w