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- louiebaur, on 05/31/2009, -0/+62That's big of Tappy to come out with that info ..... 39 years later..
- neelshiv, on 05/31/2009, -0/+55This dude probably wasn't going to sell a single copy of his book without this allegation in it.
- Alphabet, on 05/31/2009, -2/+35this retard knew about the murder confession for 40 ***** years but didn't say anything? ***** him, he should be sued for not reporting it sooner.
- liljay2k, on 05/31/2009, -1/+34O.J. did it.
- inactive, on 05/31/2009, -0/+31So, Hendrix was managed by pills and booze?
- DouglasQ, on 05/31/2009, -2/+29I'm gonna kill myself for the life insurance money.
It's foolproof. - ripple123, on 05/31/2009, -1/+24jesus is dead and people dont shut the ***** up about him, and hendrix rocked harder, so no.
- Decoy84, on 05/31/2009, -1/+17***** ‘Tappy’ Wright, he should have made this public in 1971. Either he's throwing this out there to market his book or finally coming clean, I don't care and I despise him for saying this now.
- skenliv, on 05/31/2009, -0/+14I know what you did, last summer 39 years ago.... OooOOOooo...
- javy925, on 05/31/2009, -2/+16buried for dailyfail
- Mercedes383, on 05/31/2009, -0/+12Not into history much are you?
- Wubsy, on 05/31/2009, -2/+13Seriously Digg? The Daily Mail?
- inactive, on 05/31/2009, -0/+9is it weird that Purple Haze started playing in Winamp as soon as i Dugg this? Definitely a WTF moment for the day.
- breakzoidbeg, on 05/31/2009, -1/+10Naw, Janis Joplin did it, and couldn't live with the guilt. Tied that one up in a neat little bow.
- dwninjungleland, on 05/31/2009, -2/+9Ugh I read this article with genuine interest... until I saw the dailyfail banner.
Buried for more sensationalist, ridiculous, money-grubbing *****. - Endrian, on 05/31/2009, -1/+8DAMN! The Loch Ness Monster's diary was right!
- cygnus2112, on 05/31/2009, -0/+7http://aconstantineblacklist.blogspot.com/2008/01/ ...
"Monika Dannemann, Hendrix's fiancé at the time of his death, describes Mike Jeffrey's control tactics, his attempts to isolate and manipulate Hendrix, with observations of his evolving awareness that Jeffrey was a covert operator bent on dominating his life and mind:
Jimi felt more and more unsafe in New York, the city where he used to feel so much at home. It had begun to serve as a prison to him, and a place where he had to watch his back all the time.
In May 1969 Jimi was arrested at Toronto for possession of drugs. He later told me he believed Jeffrey had used a third person to plant the drugs on him—as a warning, to teach him a lesson."
"The revised time of death, 3-4 am, contradicts the gap in the official record, and so does the revelation that Jimi Hendrix drowned in red wine. While it is common knowledge that Hendrix choked to death, it has only recently come to light that the wine—not the Verparex—was the primary catalyst of death. Hendrix was, the evidence suggests, forced to drink a quantity of wine. The barbiturates, as Brown notes, "seriously inhibited Jimi's normal cough reflex." Unable to cough the wine back up, "it went straight down into his lungs....It is quite possible that he thrashed about for some time, fighting unsuccessfully to gain his breath."(35) It is doubtful that Hendrix would have continued to swallow the wine in "massive" volumes had it begun to fill his lungs.
One explanation that explains the forensic evidence is that Jimi Hendrix was restrained, wine forced down his throat until his thrashings ceased. All of this must have taken place quickly, before the alcohol had time to enter his bloodstream. The post mortem report states that the blood alcohol level was not excessive, about 20mg over the legal drinking limit. He died before his stomach absorbed much of the wine. Jimi Hendrix choked to death. That much of the general understanding of his demise is correct, and little else.
The kidnapping, embezzling and numerous shady deceptions would make Jeffrey the leading suspect in any proper police investigation. And his reaction at the news of Hendrix's death did little to dispel any suspicions that associates may have harbored. Jim Marron, a nightclub owner from Manhattan, was vacationing with Jeffrey in Spain when word of the musician's death reached him. "We were supposed to have dinner that night in Majorca," Marron recalls.
Jeffrey "called me from his club in Palma saying that we would have to cancel....I've just got word from London. Jimi's dead." The manager of the Hendrix Experience took the news completely in stride. "I always knew that son of a bitch would pull a quickie," Jeffrey told Marron. "Basically, he had lost a major property. You had the feeling that he had just lost a couple of million dollars—and was the first to realize it. My first reaction was, Oh my God, my friend is dead."(36) But Jeffrey reacted coldly, comparing the fatality to a fleeting sexual romp in the afternoon.
His odd behavior continued in the days following the death of Hendrix. He appeared to be consumed by guilt, and on one occasion "confessed." On September 20, recording engineer Alan Douglas received a call from Jeffrey, who wanted to see him. Douglas drove to the hotel where Jeffrey was staying. "He was bent over, in misery from a recent back injury. We started talking and he let it all out. It was like a confession."
"In my opinion," Douglas observed, "Jeffrey hated Hendrix." - dmelo, on 05/31/2009, -1/+7Publicity Stunt?? nah couldn't be.
- AndrewDB, on 05/31/2009, -0/+6Did the purple haze take 39 years to clear or what the hell is this guy on?
- richlw, on 05/31/2009, -0/+6It really whips the llamas ass?
- GJBR, on 05/31/2009, -2/+6If it is true you 'sceptics' are denying Hendrix a rehab , so keep an open mind.
It makes sense :
no alcohol in blood , lots of wine in
lungs ?
We know he couldnt have wineboarded himself could he ?
And the records on the insurance beneficiary are public I guess
It might however be that the managers plane crash was some payback of a sort as well
- kelmaster1, on 05/31/2009, -0/+4It is interesting...
The Coroner:
"In 1992 he wrote: ‘I recall vividly the very large amounts of red wine that oozed from his stomach and his lungs, and in my opinion there was no question that Jimi Hendrix had drowned, if not at home then on the way to the hospital. "
Wright:
He quotes Jeffery as saying: "...got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth ...then poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe."
Ambulancemen:
"The door was wide open"
Considering that Hendrix death has long been considered "unresolved" it's interesting how no one did anything back then, and then all this information comes out. Could it be plausible that Hendrix was killed and the media covered it? It's not like they ever use drugs to discredit people... - JinxCrow, on 05/31/2009, -0/+4People have come out about a crime years/decades later - and it's been true - it's not that "new" of a situation.
Healthy dose of skepticism wouldn't help, though we all could scrutinize his need to publish it in a book (Besides money motives, he could be doing it to the word out on a massive scale so people might listen.)
Either way what the coroner had to say was very interesting, Roadie testimony or no. And this theory of murder seems to be nothing new from those around him at the time...
I see a CSI parody case in the future if they haven't already. - borez, on 05/31/2009, -1/+4Seriously digg, can't you just ban this ***** IP address.
- pilchardboy, on 05/31/2009, -0/+3What really makes me laugh is the "Femail" articles on the right hand column. Jeanette Winterson? Germaine Greer? Nope, endless celeb bollix like Colleen Rooney and Amanda "3rd banana" Holden.
Yes, Dailyfail ladies! You too can live a life of reflected glory! Don't be aspiring to anything more than popping out babies, these people can live a wonderful life for you!
Gah. - AmazingSteve, on 05/31/2009, -0/+3Leave Jimi the ***** alone.
- Snappysnap, on 05/31/2009, -1/+4If Mama Cass has shared her sandwich with Karen Carpenter, they'd both be alive today.
- inactive, on 05/31/2009, -0/+3Jesus was the biggest Dead-Head evar!
- m00n1, on 05/31/2009, -1/+3...because if the book said "yeah, it was pretty much as everyone said it was" would sell more copies.
- exspasticcomics, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2I'm telling you- he did it.. perfect plan....
you can't get fingerprints off of vomit. - asgardshill, on 05/31/2009, -1/+3Why, of course! How could I have been so blind! I always seek out roadies for probative testimony in my murder trials.
- killymckill1, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2Jesus may have never been real.......
- opticwind, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2You can't sue someone for a criminal offense. That's civil court.
- eatinshramps, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2And I am a rooster with a giant party hat on.
- Ramenhood, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2***** Daily Mail, why do y'all digg this ***** up?
- ripple123, on 05/31/2009, -0/+2true. i guess i did imply there that he existed at one point. it wasnt really my intention to do so.
- alieniiv, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1Note to self: Avoid air travel after murdering for insurance.
Serious karma, at least if he really did it. - darkangel1215, on 08/20/2009, -0/+1This post is awsome. Thanks!
- nodebtnow, on 08/28/2009, -0/+1A good article, and well researched I believe.
- kelmaster1, on 05/31/2009, -1/+2You can't really deny what the coroner said. Also the suspected murderer is a powerful media mogul, capable of slandering his death with drug abuse charges. Seeing as how this guy was in this position in the first place, he must be a greedy *****.
- raduk01, on 09/10/2009, -0/+1oh, I'm late in the news but I feel so sorry. Is this really proven? Well we can't do anything about it. Death really comes whatever whenever however wherever. It's God's will no matter how the death happened.
- Bainemo, on 05/31/2009, -1/+1So okay here's the deal
I'm going to hire a hitman to murder you, but I won't confess until I'm on my deathbed, okay?
Sound good? - inactive, on 06/01/2009, -1/+1They say that Jimi Hendrix died in a pool of vomit... I wonder how long it took to fill up a pool with vomit...
- opticwind, on 05/31/2009, -1/+1Ooh..39 years and still too soon?
- inactive, on 05/31/2009, -6/+6Jesus didn't exist, Hendrix did. That's the difference.
- megaton, on 05/31/2009, -1/+1You read backwards?
- Jake10, on 05/31/2009, -1/+1I must now report this information to the aliens at stonehinge. But first, I need to contact George Noory!
- alex179ohm, on 05/31/2009, -0/+0so,it is not at angel's face......
- kelmaster1, on 05/31/2009, -1/+1yes, yes it is
- tj_walker, on 05/31/2009, -1/+1Stirring up trouble and controversy are we?
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