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Re:Hendrix death



>Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 Drew Atkinson wrote:
 
>> Frank S. Corotto wrote:
>>  And Pete referred to Hendrix's "tragic condition" at IOW and
>> > I think it shows.
 
>> Heres how Jimi Hendrix died dude...
              <Snip>
>> Pannicking, she called Eric Bourdin before
>> summoning an ambulance. However the ambulance was too late and he was
>> pronounced DOA at the hospital. The cause was "inhalation of vomit due
>> to barbituate intoxication in the form of quinalbarbitone"(that means it
>> was caused by the sleeping pills, not a heroine overdose!)

 The story that you tell here is essentially correct,but what you fail to
mention is that Hendrix died *not* because the ambulance was too late,but
because of of the incompetence of the ambulance attendants.Jimi was alive
when they took him out to the ambulance,but they sat him up in the back of
the ambulance and held his head back (supposidly to help
him).Unfortunately,his system attempted to retch up the contents of his
stomach,but because Hendrix's head was held back,the vomit went back into
his windpipe and he drowned on it,right there in the back of the ambulance.
 As for Frank's comment that Pete referred to Hendrix's "tragic condition"
at IOW,his condition was exhaustion and depression,as he was tired of
playing the role of a circus clown,going through the "moves" night after
night on stage.He wanted to be respected as a musician,but he felt that the
fans wouldn't let him just play his guitar,and they always wanted the same
wild-man routine on stage each night.
 The myth that Hendrix used heroin (and even died from a heroin overdose)
has been around since his death.Janis Joplan died of a heroin overdose,and
since they were both stars of the drug era,Hendrix was automatically painted
with the same brush.Let's face it,whenever the media uses the term "drug
overdose",people automatically assume heroin,whether it's Janis Joplan,Jimi
Hendrix,or Keith Moon.

                  Long Live Rock,

                         I.S.

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