After Four Decades, Marianne Faithfull Says She Knows Who Killed Jim Morrison 1971 wasn’t a banner year for Doors frontman Jim Morrison. Months after being convicted of indecent exposure for dropping his pants at a show in Miami, the once-svelte 27-year-old Lizard King moved to Paris, recorded widely loathed poetry and died in a bathtub.
It’s Official: Doors Singer Jim Morrison Is Truly the Lizard King Jim Morrison was a king of sorts, at least in his own mind. The lead singer of the Doors sang in one cover song that he was “a king bee.” In another, he said, “I’m the crawlin’ king snake.”
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.