The Story Of Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, The Rock Critic Who Claimed That She Married Jim Morrison
- by Bernadette Giacomazzo | Checked by Adam Farley
PATRICIA KENNEALY-MORRISON FAMOUSLY SAID THAT SHE AND JIM MORRISON WERE WED IN JUNE 1970 DURING A CELTIC HANDFASTING CEREMONY — WHERE THEY DRANK EACH OTHER’S BLOOD.
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison was one of the first female rock journalists, a pioneer in the genre who paved the way for countless women in rock today. But she isn’t known primarily for her pioneering work.
Instead, she’s known as Jim Morrison’s wife, who she says she married in a private pagan ceremony in 1970. And after his death, she claimed to be his widow, even taking his name as her own in 1979.
Kennealy-Morrison’s claims fly in the face of conventional wisdom, which states that Pamela Courson was Morrison’s “one true love.” Indeed, Courson was declared Morrison’s common-law wife when she inherited most of his estate.
