Kinda dumb - or is it just me ?

[Jolie Rouge]

Fans seek Florida pardon for Doors' Morrison
Wed Apr 11, 8:52 AM ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - Two fans have asked Florida to pardon rock bad-boy Jim Morrison, the late lead singer for The Doors, who was convicted of exposing himself during a Miami concert nearly 40 years ago.

The two men, Kerry Humpherys of Utah and David Diamond of Ohio, sent a letter to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist last month asking him to issue a full pardon to Morrison on two misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and using profanity. "I'm a big Doors fan. There are thousands of Doors fans out there who look up to Jim Morrison. It was all trumped up and he shouldn't have this hanging over him," said Humpherys, who runs a Doors fan magazine.

Morrison's trouble with the law stemmed from his notorious appearance at a Coconut Grove concert in 1969 at a time when Miami was a conservative southern city. Police said Morrison rolled down his leather pants and simulated masturbation on stage.

Some witnesses disagreed, saying Morrison had only simulated exposing himself.

Morrison was sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine, but was released pending appeal. The appeal had not been heard when he was found dead in the bath of his Paris apartment on July 3, 1971, apparently of a lethal mix of alcohol and drugs.

The Doors were one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s, with hits like "Light My Fire," "Hello, I Love You" and "Riders on the Storm."

Any pardon for Morrison would be decided by Crist, a Republican, and members of Florida's Cabinet. The Miami Herald noted that both Morrison and Crist attended Florida State University, where sports teams are nicknamed the Seminoles.

"He's a 'Nole? Well, given that fact, I'm certainly willing to review it," Crist was quoted as saying in Tuesday's Herald. The newspaper said Crist then sang a few lines of "Light My Fire."

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.... found dead in the bath of his Paris apartment on July 3, 1971 ...

The man has been dead for over 35 years ... who cares about this ??

[nedthenanite]

hey, i live with someone who cares....alot!
besides, patch thinks he's not dead. so, if he's still alive and gets pardoned he may come out of hiding.

[Jolie Rouge]

It is not like they charged him with murder ... was it even a felony ??

[nanajoanie]

Dang - 40 years ago and it's all coming up again. It's disgusting what he did but if he had done it today he probably would have received applause. Personally I think the pardon doesn't matter one way or the other unless he wants to vote.:rolleyes:

[SLance68]

It is just to prove that the politicians in Florida don't have anything else to do than dig up this old crap. Why pardon someone who is dead. I heard the excuse that "he shouldn't be remembered for his criminal record". Ok I live here and have lived here all my life and didn't know or care that Jim Morrison was arrested in FL. It really is just a waste of taxpayers money - but hey were in FL and I guess we have plenty of money to throw away (NOT).

[stresseater]

Yes but dead people still vote and he can't vote if he has a felony. ;)

[eerie777]

I'm a BIG fan of the Doors and I wish I could have seen the "Lizard King" in all his glory! I would pardon him so he could be remembered in the state as more than an exhibitionist. :cool:

[Jolie Rouge]

New questions about Jim Morrison's death[/b]
By ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 48 minutes ago

PARIS - The official story goes like this: On the last night of Jim Morrison's life, the rocker went to a movie in Paris, listened to records, fell ill and died of heart failure in his bathtub at the age of 27.

But rumors have always swirled around the death of The Doors frontman and, 36 years later, a former Paris nightclub manager is telling a different story. In a new book, Sam Bernett says that Morrison died in a toilet stall of his club after what he believes was a heroin overdose.

He writes of his shock on finding Morrison's body: "The flamboyant singer of 'The Doors,' the beautiful California boy, had become an inert lump crumpled in the toilet of a nightclub." Bernett, whose French-language book is called "The End: Jim Morrison," says he believes two drug dealers brought Morrison's body back to his apartment.

Bernett, who was in his early 20s when Morrison died in 1971, went on to become a prominent radio personality, rock biographer and a vice president of Disneyland Paris. Though he was pestered for years by reporters investigating Morrison's death, he kept his story quiet until his wife suggested writing a book last year. "For me it's a very bad (memory)," Bernett told The Associated Press.

Rumors have long suggested that Morrison died of an overdose and that he had fallen ill at the nightclub, but witnesses did not come forward.

Patrick Chauvel, a noted war photographer and writer, sometimes helped run the bar at the club. He recalls giving a hand to men who were carrying Morrison in a staircase there. "I think he was already dead," said Chauvel, who considered putting the episode in a 2005 book before his publisher cautioned against it. Chauvel said he thought an ambulance would have been called if Morrison were still alive. "I don't know," he said. "It was a long time ago, and we weren't drinking only water."

An official at the Paris prosecutor's office said it was very unlikely the case on Morrison's death would be reopened or that anybody could be prosecuted in the affair, because the statute of limitations — the time limit on legal proceedings — had run out.

Stephen Davis, the author of "Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend," says he would not rewrite history because of the new book. Based on his reporting, he believes Morrison did overdose at the club, but that it was shortly before his death — not the same night — and that he survived the experience.

"It just seems likely that if he died in the toilet of a nightclub, it would have come out before now," Davis said.

Morrison came to Paris in March 1971 at a troubled time in his life. At a 1969 concert in Florida, he was accused of exposing his genitals to the audience. He was convicted of indecent exposure and profanity, and the episode led to promoters canceling concerts and earned the band a stream of negative publicity.

Morrison left for Paris with his appeal pending. There, he lived in a Right Bank apartment with his girlfriend, Pamela Courson, and he wandered the streets, sightseeing and toting around a plastic bag containing his writings. In Paris, he gained so much weight as to become almost unrecognizable, and his health suffered.

He also partied. Morrison spent "practically every night" at the Rock and Roll Circus, the hip Left Bank nightclub that Bernett managed, where stars like Roman Polanski and Marianne Faithfull were regulars, Bernett said.

At around 1 a.m. on July 3, 1971, Morrison went to the club and was joined by two men — drug dealers who sold him heroin for Courson, Bernett said. At one point, Bernett noticed that Morrison had disappeared. Later, the bouncer broke down the door of a locked toilet stall, and they discovered Morrison unresponsive, Bernett said.

Bernett says he asked a doctor, a club customer, to examine the singer. "When we found him dead, he had a little foam on his nose, and some blood too, and the doctor said, 'That must be an overdose of heroin,'" Bernett said. Bernett added that he did not see Morrison take any heroin that night but said the singer was known to sniff the drug because he was afraid of needles.

Bernett says the two drug dealers insisted Morrison was just unconscious and carried him out of the club. Though Bernett says he wanted to call the paramedics and authorities, the club's owner ordered him to keep quiet to avert a scandal.

Bernett believes the dealers brought Morrison's body home and dropped it into the bathtub, a last attempt to revive him.

Morrison's girlfriend, who died three years later of an overdose, told police an entirely different story.

Courson said the couple went to the movies and out for dinner that night, listened to records and fell asleep. According to her testimony in police records, Morrison awoke in the night feeling ill and took a hot bath. Courson said she found him dead in the tub.

Morrison was buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery, in a small ceremony without fanfare, on July 7, 1971. No autopsy was ever performed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070711/ap_en_ot/books_jim_morrison;_ylt=AmhrjRdcWU7dylHXdwr9bjis0N UE


(( And he waited 36 years to reveal this ....))