Photograph by Gloria Stavers

Jim Morrison Lives: The Legacy of the Lizard King

TEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, THREE WRITERS EXPLORE THE CULT OF THE MYTHICAL LATE DOORS SINGER

Jim Morrison, 1981: Renew My Subscription to the Resurrection
by Rosemary Breslin

Kelly’s mother picked up the phone for the fifth time that night. It was for sixteen-year-old Kelly.

The Afterlife of Jim Morrison

PARIS, DEC. 8 — As long as I got breath, the death of rock
Is the death of me
➖Jim Morrison

Gently they stir, gently rise
The dead are newborn awakening
With ravaged limbs and wet souls
➖Jim Morrison

Two different Jim Morrisons turned 50 here today.