In the early morning hours of September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix was found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London. Hendrix died amid circumstances which have never been fully explained. He had spent the night with his German girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking nine Vesperax sleeping pills, then asphyxiating on his own vomit. For years, Dannemann publicly claimed that Hendrix was alive when placed in the back of the ambulance; however, her comments about that morning were often contradictory and confused, varying from interview to interview. Police and ambulance reports reveal that not only was Hendrix dead when they arrived on the scene, but he had been dead for some time, the apartment's front door was wide open, and the apartment itself empty. A poem written by Hendrix that was found in the apartment has led some to believe that he committed suicide.[citation needed] Following a libel case brought in 1996 by Hendrix's long-term British girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, Monika Dannemann committed suicide, though her later lover, Uli Jon Roth, has made accusations of foul play.

Some reports indicated that the paramedics who escorted Jimi out of the apartment did not support his head and that he was still alive. According to this version of events, he choked on his own vomit and died during the trip to the hospital, because his head and his neck were not supported.

luv4u said:

and this has to do with?... what exactly

Astonishing news...
[Edited 1/20/08 14:20pm]

So I guess that planned Jimi Hendrix/2Pac duet album isn't hitting shelves anytime soon, huh?

Damn. I didn't even know that he was sick.

IAintTheOne said:

I second that ?.

I'm amazed the mod just moves it instead of locking this wacko thread.

VenusBlingBling said:

That's why i

shaomi said:

UM.....DUH!!!!!

Yet, you mock the cinematic masterpiece that is "The Fifth Element."

Illustrator said:

I'm sayin'!
It's a fucked up world, man. A FUCKED UP WORLD.

lol.....this entire thread.

In other news...

Kent State Shooting
May 4, 1970....National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of students, wounding many, 4 fatally, on the campus of Kent State University. Today, memorials to the four students stand near the place of the shootings.


Chilie elects Marxist, Allende, as head of state
Allende became the first western nation to freely elect a Marxist head of state. This resulted in a stock market crash, a run on banks and a strike by mine workers.

Black September
Jordan's King Hussein started to drive Palestinian commandos from his country, and on the 28th, Egyptian president Nasser died of a heart attack.

First Earth Day, April 22


EPA created

Prime time football
ABC begins it's long running Monday Night Football


World Trade Center is completed


Childproof safety caps


First female jockey in Kentucky Derby


Mexico City subway is completed


California is the first no-fault divorce state


First New York City marathon


Lithium is approved by the FDA
Used to treat manic-depressives.


Arcosanti, a desert utopia is begun


The New English Bible is printed
Directly translated from ancient texts into English, it created a big stir of controversy due to it's deviations from the King James version of the Bible (which had been originally translated from other languages)


Spain's Franco regime convicts Basque leaders


The Beatles release Let It Be, their last album


First successful oil well in the North Sea found


Artist Rothko commits suicide
After an investigation of his dealer, it is discovered that he had purchased 800 paintings after Rothko's death at much less their true cost.


Canadian October Crisis
Two Canadian leaders were kidnapped by Front de liberation du Quebec, a Quebec seperatist movement. This resulted in martial law being declared in the Quebec province. One of the leaders, Pierre Laporte was killed by his captors, the other freed.


Doonesbury comic strip goes national


Apollo 13 mission suffers a huge setback
A ruptured air tank on their way to the moon almost sealed the fate of the three astronauts on board the spacecraft.


Floppy disc was invented.


Charles Manson Convicted of Murdering Sharon Tate
Charles Manson, the leader of a bizzare cult, and 4 of his followers were convicted of the murders of several people including actress Sharon Tate and her unborn baby.


Earthquake in Peru May 31, 1970
72,000 people were killed and 700,000 were left homless


China Launches Its First Satellite
APRIL 24. The People's Republic of China becomes the fifth nation to put a satellite into orbit. China 1's first broadcast is the song "Tang Fang Hung" (The East is Red).


Federal Elections
18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections.


The introduction of bar codes
Bar codes are introduced for retail and industrial use in England.


Marshall University plane crash
On November 14, 1970 a chartered plane carrying 75 players, coaches, and prominent residents of Huntington, WV and Marshall University crashed just short of the runway after returning from the days game against ECU. There were no survivors.


First F-14 Tomcat Tested
Dec. 21, 1970: The first ever F-14 Tomcat was tested; This led to use by the NAVY for about 30 years.


American Soldiers Found Guilty
American soldiers found guilty of murdering entire town of Vietnamese civilians

ThreadBare said:

Besson is now jail and will b prosecuted later this year

Slave2daGroove said:

What a year it's been!

Slave2daGroove said:

Wait, the Beatles release their LAST album?!


Don't tell me the frikkin' BEATLES are splitting up?!


NOOOOO!

StarMon said:

ditto!

Oh no!
Was he 'sassinated?

sammij said:

Cant breathe

I think I know where the poster was coming from, many have speculated for years that there was foul play in Jimi's death and the case was even re opened in 1994. It's just the topics heading that presents it as if Jimi Hendrix just passed hours ago.

he played guitar?!

Who is Jimi Hendrix?

























j/k - of course I know who Jimi Hendrix is.

I heard he was upset because he couldn't master Prince's guitar technique.

Meloh9 said:

Jimi was murdered. I strongly suggest buying the book "Jimi, The Last Days".

blackguitaristz said:

I don't know the facts to this story, nor have I read the book, but I find it odd that these rock stars who have passed away always get a "murdered" rumour buzzing around after a while.

Maybe it's because we just cannot accept that these people are mere mortals who occasionally die too young because it doesn't fit the mystique for them to die a mundane death, or maybe it's because it's easier to speculate about something that happened so long ago now that proof/ eye witness memories/ DNA evidence are much harder to come by for, say, something that took place 35 years ago.


For my money, Morrisson died from drugs, Brian Jones too, Hendrix too.

But I don't know in any of these cases. I wasn't there.

rocknrolldave said:

Obviously u weren't there as nor were we. That's why I mentioned about a book that deals spcifically with evidence that Jimi was muredered. Evidence was held back from the public choosing instead to release that Jimi died of an overdose. Which was not true. He died of forced drowning. Someone held Jimi down and poured wine down his throat untill he choked to death. When the paramedics arrived, Jimi had already been dead for hours. No one was there but Jimi. Jimi was covered with vomit and wine was all over the bed and Jimi's hair was soaked with wine. If u were to vomit up wine, wine would not get in your hair. It was poured onto Jimi while it was being forced down his throat. It was no secret that Mike Jeffery, who handled Jimi's money, was a thug who had strong ties with the Mob. Jimi had been trying to break ties with him for over a year. Mike wasn't having it. This is just scratching the surface regarding the information. If anyone TRULY wants to know or care about Hendrix at all, I strongly suggest reading this book. If you're not a fan and u can careless about Jimi, then u know.... Folks will believe what they want to believe anyways, regardless of what info is given to them. So if that's the case, then the book will fall on death ears because that's a choice to not WANT to know anything else.

blackguitaristz said:

I have a movie on Jimi that I have yet 2 watch. Was any of this covered in the movie?

Graycap23 said:

I remember watching a movie about Jimi where this guy (I think he was an old friend) theorized that that feeling you get when you fall asleep and suddenly jerk awake is like a moment of decision, where you can either fall into death or jerk awake.

He said Jimi might have just been brave enough to choose to die!

I hadn't ever heard about a murder, though I've heard that maybe he could have been saved, as was written up above somewhere.