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Today in Music History - July 3
The Canadian Press
Sun, 3 Jul 2011 00:15:00 CST
Today is July 3rd:
In 1971, Jim Morrison, lead singer of "The Doors," died of heart failure in his bathtub in Paris at age 27. There were rumours of a drug overdose, but nothing was proved. News of Morrison's death was not made public until days after his burial in a Paris cemetery, leading some fans to refuse to believe he was dead. The epitaph on his tomb reads: Jim Morrison - Poet. The rest of "The Doors" -- John Densmore, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger -- made several more albums, but the group disbanded by 1973. Twenty years later, in 1991, fans celebrating the anniversary of Jim Morrison's death pelted police with beer bottles and set a car on fire outside the main gate of the Paris cemetery where the rock star is buried. Twenty-one people were arrested and two police officers and a cemetery worker were slightly hurt. More than one-thousand fans had been prevented from entering the cemetery to visit Morrison's grave.
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JIM'S FANS TRY TO BREAK ON THROUGH
USA Today Newspaper
July 4 1991
PARIS: (AP) Fans of the late rock singer Jim Morrison recently pelted police with beer bottles and set a car on fire after smashing it through the main gate of the cemetery where Morrison is buried.
Police said 16 people were arrested and two police officers and a cemetery employee were injured in the confrontation, which started on the 20th anniversary of Morrison's death in Paris from a drug overdose.
A crowd of about 1,000 fans, mostly youthful and many intoxicated, gathered outside the Pere Lachaise cemetery but were blocked by gendarmes from getting inside to visit Morrison's grave.
END.
Deseret News
July 4 1991
YOUTHS CRASH DOOR IN BREAK IN AT SINGER’S TOMB
PARIS (UPI) – About 400 youths observing the 20th Anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison tried to break into the Pere Lachaise cemetery and visit the tomb of the lead singer for The Doors, authorities said Thursday.
The youths, mainly British, Dutch and German, Wednesday also set fire to a vehicle they used to break the cemetery’s front door, leading to the arrest of 16 people.
They rammed the front door of the famous cemetery where many French Paris figures are buried leading to the intervention of security forces. Two policemen and a cemetery employee were slightly injured by objects the youths had thrown, police said.
Police said the youths, who had camped in front of the cemetery all day under the watchful eye of the authorities, had been drinking prior to the disruption.
Morrison who died July 3 1971, of apparent heart failure at age 27 after years of alcohol and drug abuse, is a cult figure to many European youngsters who were not even born when the Doors were at their peak of popularity.
The American singer’s tomb is continually decorated with flowers left by admirers who often spend hours at the site. Morrison’s writing of suggestive lyrics and his frenzied movements while performing helped build a worldwide following.
END.
Star News
July 5 1991
PARIS – MORRISON FANS RAISE A RUCKUS
PARIS – Fans of Jim Morrison pelted police with beer bottles and set a car on fire after smashing it through the main gate of the cemetery where the rock star is buried, police said Thursday.
Twenty-one people were arrested and two police officers and a cemetery employee were slightly injured in the confrontation that ended early Thursday, police said.
Wednesday was the 20th Anniversary of Morrison’s death in Paris from a heart failure believed related to drugs.
A crowd of about 1,000 fans, mostly youthful and many seemingly intoxicated, had gathered outside Pere Lachaise cemetery but were blocked from entering to visit Morrison’s grave.
END.
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Fans flock to Jim Morrison's grave
CNN News
July 3, 2001 Posted: 1:27 PM EDT (1727 GMT)
PARIS, France -- Thousands of fans have gathered at Doors singer Jim Morrison's Paris grave to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.
On alert for the trouble that has marred previous anniversaries, French security guards hovered as aging hippies, teenage fans and bemused-looking tourists took photos and laid wreaths at his modest plot in Pere Lachaise cemetery.
But with alcohol and music now banned, the mood was more that of an ordinary family funeral than a late 1960s "happening."
Unruly behaviour in 1991 on the 20th anniversary of the iconic American singer's death saw police disperse visitors with teargas. Five years later the cemetery was closed early.
There was no official figure for the numbers of fans who turned up at Pere Lachaise, but a police officer told the Associated Press that thousands of fans had made the pilgrimage.
Paris city officials had said they expected between 10,000 to 20,000 fans to turn up.
"Jim Morrison is a giant hero of modern times, a true rebel," Patrice Conus, 42, of Lausanne in Switzerland, told Reuters.
"But this is a cemetery after all, people have got a right to their rest," added Conus of Pere Lachaise's roll-call of famous residents, from Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf to Moliere, Bizet and Chopin.
'His energy still with us'
Earlier, former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek visited the grave to pay his own personal tribute to the band's frontman.
Manzarek clasped his hands in prayer in front of the grave, and remained silent for several minutes. He then chatted with other fans before leaving.
Manzarek told The Associated Press he felt Morrison's presence, even 30 years after his death.
"Jim is always with me," Manzarek said. "The ancient Egyptians believed that every time you say a man's name, he's still alive.
"Every day, somewhere in the world, a Doors song is played," he said. "The energy of Jim Morrison is still with us, in the ether."
The collection of flowers, scrawled messages and lipstick stains on the graveside every day attest to Morrison's continued drawing power 30 years after being found dead in the bath at his Paris apartment, aged 27.
Speculation had recently emerged that the lease on Morrison's cemetery plot was to expire, forcing the transfer of his remains to the United States. Cemetery officials have denied this, saying he has a permanent place.
"It is totally unfounded," said Henri Beaulieu, assistant director with Paris' Central Cemetery Service, quoted by the Associated Press. "Jim Morrison isn't moving." About 1.5 million people visit the cemetery every year to see the famous graves.
archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/03/france.morrison/index.html
DOORS OPEN AGAIN
New Musical Express
Published: 03-07-2001-15-27
Up to 20,000 visitors are expected to visit the grave of DOORS vocalist JIM MORRISON later today, marking the 30th anniversary of his death.
Morrison died in a Paris apartment on July 3 1971 at the age of 27. Following his death, he was buried in the city's Pere Lachaise cemetery, which has since become a shrine for fans and one of Paris's main tourist attractions
Marie Arnal, a spokesperson for the Paris parks department, told CNN news that anywhere between 10,000 and 20,000 fans may make a pilgrimage to the grave.
Police will also be at the grave, and are hoping there will be no repeat of the scenes on the 20th anniversary of Morrison's death in 1991, when they had to disperse a restless crowd with tear gas.
Speaking to BBC news, cemetery director Thierry Bouvier said: "It's important to not get too excited."
Jacquelyne Ledent-Vilain, from the band's label Elektra added: "The word is out that it's the 30th. The Doors' flame is still shining. I've heard that people will just go smoke a joint, drink something and kind of just talk among themselves."
This year, in addition to the fans coming to the city, fellow Doors member Ray Manzarek will be screening rare band footage, including television specials on the band, as well as rare videos, while a series of tribute bands will play live across the city.
www.nme.com/news/35005.htm
The Doors News Flash
July 3rd - The 30th Anniversary In Paris
At Warner Records Invitation, Ray Manzarek and Danny Sugerman went to Paris to visit Jim's grave and pay homage to their friend on the 30th anniversary of his death. Warner's hosted an event (free tickets, food and drink) where Ray and Danny screened for four hundred fans, several hours of rare Doors footage and previewed the Live Aquarius material.
Danny and Ray answered questions from both the press and the fans in the evening of July 3rd. In an intimate setting it was a true tribute to the man who changed the lives of almost everyone in attendance.
In Sugerman's words: 'It was almost like a communion....a genuine celebration of Jim's life and work. Both Ray and I were very moved. Fans had come from places as far away as Japan, India and Alaska. With the exception of some pushing and shoving at the grave site, which is cramped to begin with, fans ripping tickets in half, grabbing them from one another and from my hand, everything was quite reverent and respectful."
Ray played kepyboards in-between "Feast Of Friends" and "HWY" and Danny, when asked spoke about plams to make Wonderland Avenue, his autobiographical novel, into a film as well as a stage play in Europe beginning in 6 to 9 months.
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The Canadian Press Entertainment News included a small article in their Prep-Entertainment Report on May 8 2001 which included a comment by Robby Krieger about the events in Paris this year: "Fifty-Thousand fans are expected in Paris on July 3rd for the 30th Anniversary of Jim Morrison's Death. The event will include screenings of rare Doors concert footage and interviews. But Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger wants nothing to do with it. Krieger thinks it's in bad taste to celebrate Morrison's death.
www.spotlight.ca/BN/English/2001/05/08/E-BN3568.TXT.html
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Today in Music History - July 3
The Canadian Press
Sun, 3 Jul 2011 00:15:00 CST
Today is July 3rd:
In 1971, Jim Morrison, lead singer of "The Doors," died of heart failure in his bathtub in Paris at age 27. There were rumours of a drug overdose, but nothing was proved. News of Morrison's death was not made public until days after his burial in a Paris cemetery, leading some fans to refuse to believe he was dead. The epitaph on his tomb reads: Jim Morrison - Poet. The rest of "The Doors" -- John Densmore, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger -- made several more albums, but the group disbanded by 1973. Twenty years later, in 1991, fans celebrating the anniversary of Jim Morrison's death pelted police with beer bottles and set a car on fire outside the main gate of the Paris cemetery where the rock star is buried. Twenty-one people were arrested and two police officers and a cemetery worker were slightly hurt. More than one-thousand fans had been prevented from entering the cemetery to visit Morrison's grave.
www.mysask.com/
JIM'S FANS TRY TO BREAK ON THROUGH
USA Today Newspaper
July 4 1991
PARIS: (AP) Fans of the late rock singer Jim Morrison recently pelted police with beer bottles and set a car on fire after smashing it through the main gate of the cemetery where Morrison is buried.
Police said 16 people were arrested and two police officers and a cemetery employee were injured in the confrontation, which started on the 20th anniversary of Morrison's death in Paris from a drug overdose.
A crowd of about 1,000 fans, mostly youthful and many intoxicated, gathered outside the Pere Lachaise cemetery but were blocked by gendarmes from getting inside to visit Morrison's grave.
END.
Deseret News
July 4 1991
YOUTHS CRASH DOOR IN BREAK IN AT SINGER’S TOMB
PARIS (UPI) – About 400 youths observing the 20th Anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison tried to break into the Pere Lachaise cemetery and visit the tomb of the lead singer for The Doors, authorities said Thursday.
The youths, mainly British, Dutch and German, Wednesday also set fire to a vehicle they used to break the cemetery’s front door, leading to the arrest of 16 people.
They rammed the front door of the famous cemetery where many French Paris figures are buried leading to the intervention of security forces. Two policemen and a cemetery employee were slightly injured by objects the youths had thrown, police said.
Police said the youths, who had camped in front of the cemetery all day under the watchful eye of the authorities, had been drinking prior to the disruption.
Morrison who died July 3 1971, of apparent heart failure at age 27 after years of alcohol and drug abuse, is a cult figure to many European youngsters who were not even born when the Doors were at their peak of popularity.
The American singer’s tomb is continually decorated with flowers left by admirers who often spend hours at the site. Morrison’s writing of suggestive lyrics and his frenzied movements while performing helped build a worldwide following.
END.
Star News
July 5 1991
PARIS – MORRISON FANS RAISE A RUCKUS
PARIS – Fans of Jim Morrison pelted police with beer bottles and set a car on fire after smashing it through the main gate of the cemetery where the rock star is buried, police said Thursday.
Twenty-one people were arrested and two police officers and a cemetery employee were slightly injured in the confrontation that ended early Thursday, police said.
Wednesday was the 20th Anniversary of Morrison’s death in Paris from a heart failure believed related to drugs.
A crowd of about 1,000 fans, mostly youthful and many seemingly intoxicated, had gathered outside Pere Lachaise cemetery but were blocked from entering to visit Morrison’s grave.
END.
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Fans flock to Jim Morrison's grave
CNN News
July 3, 2001 Posted: 1:27 PM EDT (1727 GMT)
PARIS, France -- Thousands of fans have gathered at Doors singer Jim Morrison's Paris grave to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.
On alert for the trouble that has marred previous anniversaries, French security guards hovered as aging hippies, teenage fans and bemused-looking tourists took photos and laid wreaths at his modest plot in Pere Lachaise cemetery.
But with alcohol and music now banned, the mood was more that of an ordinary family funeral than a late 1960s "happening."
Unruly behaviour in 1991 on the 20th anniversary of the iconic American singer's death saw police disperse visitors with teargas. Five years later the cemetery was closed early.
There was no official figure for the numbers of fans who turned up at Pere Lachaise, but a police officer told the Associated Press that thousands of fans had made the pilgrimage.
Paris city officials had said they expected between 10,000 to 20,000 fans to turn up.
"Jim Morrison is a giant hero of modern times, a true rebel," Patrice Conus, 42, of Lausanne in Switzerland, told Reuters.
"But this is a cemetery after all, people have got a right to their rest," added Conus of Pere Lachaise's roll-call of famous residents, from Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf to Moliere, Bizet and Chopin.
'His energy still with us'
Earlier, former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek visited the grave to pay his own personal tribute to the band's frontman.
Manzarek clasped his hands in prayer in front of the grave, and remained silent for several minutes. He then chatted with other fans before leaving.
Manzarek told The Associated Press he felt Morrison's presence, even 30 years after his death.
"Jim is always with me," Manzarek said. "The ancient Egyptians believed that every time you say a man's name, he's still alive.
"Every day, somewhere in the world, a Doors song is played," he said. "The energy of Jim Morrison is still with us, in the ether."
The collection of flowers, scrawled messages and lipstick stains on the graveside every day attest to Morrison's continued drawing power 30 years after being found dead in the bath at his Paris apartment, aged 27.
Speculation had recently emerged that the lease on Morrison's cemetery plot was to expire, forcing the transfer of his remains to the United States. Cemetery officials have denied this, saying he has a permanent place.
"It is totally unfounded," said Henri Beaulieu, assistant director with Paris' Central Cemetery Service, quoted by the Associated Press. "Jim Morrison isn't moving." About 1.5 million people visit the cemetery every year to see the famous graves.
archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/03/france.morrison/index.html
DOORS OPEN AGAIN
New Musical Express
Published: 03-07-2001-15-27
Up to 20,000 visitors are expected to visit the grave of DOORS vocalist JIM MORRISON later today, marking the 30th anniversary of his death.
Morrison died in a Paris apartment on July 3 1971 at the age of 27. Following his death, he was buried in the city's Pere Lachaise cemetery, which has since become a shrine for fans and one of Paris's main tourist attractions
Marie Arnal, a spokesperson for the Paris parks department, told CNN news that anywhere between 10,000 and 20,000 fans may make a pilgrimage to the grave.
Police will also be at the grave, and are hoping there will be no repeat of the scenes on the 20th anniversary of Morrison's death in 1991, when they had to disperse a restless crowd with tear gas.
Speaking to BBC news, cemetery director Thierry Bouvier said: "It's important to not get too excited."
Jacquelyne Ledent-Vilain, from the band's label Elektra added: "The word is out that it's the 30th. The Doors' flame is still shining. I've heard that people will just go smoke a joint, drink something and kind of just talk among themselves."
This year, in addition to the fans coming to the city, fellow Doors member Ray Manzarek will be screening rare band footage, including television specials on the band, as well as rare videos, while a series of tribute bands will play live across the city.
www.nme.com/news/35005.htm
The Doors News Flash
July 3rd - The 30th Anniversary In Paris
At Warner Records Invitation, Ray Manzarek and Danny Sugerman went to Paris to visit Jim's grave and pay homage to their friend on the 30th anniversary of his death. Warner's hosted an event (free tickets, food and drink) where Ray and Danny screened for four hundred fans, several hours of rare Doors footage and previewed the Live Aquarius material.
Danny and Ray answered questions from both the press and the fans in the evening of July 3rd. In an intimate setting it was a true tribute to the man who changed the lives of almost everyone in attendance.
In Sugerman's words: 'It was almost like a communion....a genuine celebration of Jim's life and work. Both Ray and I were very moved. Fans had come from places as far away as Japan, India and Alaska. With the exception of some pushing and shoving at the grave site, which is cramped to begin with, fans ripping tickets in half, grabbing them from one another and from my hand, everything was quite reverent and respectful."
Ray played kepyboards in-between "Feast Of Friends" and "HWY" and Danny, when asked spoke about plams to make Wonderland Avenue, his autobiographical novel, into a film as well as a stage play in Europe beginning in 6 to 9 months.
www.thedoors.com/gamma/frame_sets/news_home.html
The Canadian Press Entertainment News included a small article in their Prep-Entertainment Report on May 8 2001 which included a comment by Robby Krieger about the events in Paris this year: "Fifty-Thousand fans are expected in Paris on July 3rd for the 30th Anniversary of Jim Morrison's Death. The event will include screenings of rare Doors concert footage and interviews. But Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger wants nothing to do with it. Krieger thinks it's in bad taste to celebrate Morrison's death.
www.spotlight.ca/BN/English/2001/05/08/E-BN3568.TXT.html
Read More about July 3 2001 in the Calendar Section of the forum:
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