3 July 2024

JIM MORRISON was born, named James Douglas Morrison on December 8, 1943.

The utterly charismatic frontman of classic rock band THE DOORS was found death
in his bathtub in his and his girlfriend Pam‘s apartment in Paris on July 3, 1971.
He was 27.

BRIAN JONES was born, named Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones on 28 February 1942.

At around midnight on the night of 2–3 July 1969, Jones was discovered at
the bottom of his swimming pool at. By the time the doctors arrived, it was
too late, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital at the age
of 27.

The coroner’s report stated it was a drowning, later clarified as “death by misadventure“, and noted his liver and heart were greatly enlarged by past drug and alcohol abuse.