PARIS (AP) — Paris on Saturday was the only place to be for die-hard Jim Morrison fans.

Fifty years after his death at age 27, rock music lovers from France and across the world came to the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in eastern Paris where The Doors' frontman is buried. Many brought candles and pictures, and some burned incense sticks near his grave as police watched nearby.

Travel to the Père Lachaise cemetery on the outskirts of Paris, and you will find one of Europe’s great necropolises. Under a canopy of ash, maple and hazel, cobbled pathways cut a bewildering maze through endless rows of grand tombs. Along this path, tourists amble along with fixed brows, searching for one of the famous names that litter this land of the dead. Many will be keeping an eye out for one name in particular: that of Jim Morrison, who was buried here in 1971 after dying from a drugs overdose in his Paris apartment.

FORMER MEMBERS OF THE DOORS MARKED THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JIM MORRISON ON SUNDAY BY LIGHTING CANDLES AT HIS GRAVE IN PARIS.

BECAUSE NO AUTOPSY WAS EVER PERFORMED, THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW JIM MORRISON DIED IN HIS PARIS BATHTUB AT AGE 27 HAS REMAINED MURKY FOR DECADES.

WE'RE PULLING ONE FROM THE ARCHIVES FOR A UNIQUE CELEBRATION OF THE ICONIC FRONTMAN OF THE DOORS.

This Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison, but back in 1991, triple j flew Richard Kingsmill to Paris to mark what was the 20th anniversary.

IT IS A STORY WHICH FANS OF THE DOORS KNOW ONLY TOO WELL.

Travelling American rock historian Brett Meisner decided, one day in 1997, to stop by his grave at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris to pay respects to his hero.

As he did so, he asked his assistant to take a souvenir photograph.

SECURITY GUARDS HAVE BEEN HIRED TO PATROL AROUND THE GRAVE OF ROCK STAR JIM MORRISON, AFTER COMPLAINTS THAT HIS FANS HAVE BEEN VANDALISING THE CEMETERY.

"There are things that are known and things that are unknown; in between are doors."
➖William Blake

Eighteen years ago Jim Morrison, private poet and tumultuously public lead singer for the Los Angeles rock band The Doors, was found dead in a Paris apartment.