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March 2: On This Day in World History … briefly
Morrison died at age 27, the same age as several other famous rock stars in the 27 Club. In 1974, Morrison's girlfriend Pamela Courson also died at the age of 27.
1969: ‘Doors’ singer busted for ‘lewd behaviour’
To the youth he was a hero, but to the American establishment pop singer Jim Morrison of The Doors was a drunken, disorderly, drug-taking, obscene rabble-rouser.
Record companies fired the group for Morrison’s ‘objectionable’ lyrics. Morrison was arrested twice and was famous for being the leader of a riot at a concert in Chicago six months earlier.
He was once again arrested after a concert in Miami and charged with ‘lewd and lascivious behaviour in public by exposing his private parts and by simulating masturbation and oral copulation’, plus charges of profanity, drunkenness and various minor charges. And the kids loved it.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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