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Respond to of 1575539 Did she happen to tell which drugs her hippie father took? Death I got a phone call and I didn't believe it because we used to hear shit like that all the time – that Jim jumped off a cliff or something. So we sent our manager off to Paris, and he called and said it was true. —Robby Krieger, recalling the period when the band learned about Morrison's death. After recording L.A. Woman with the Doors in Los Angeles, Morrison announced to the band his intention to go to Paris. His bandmates generally felt it was a good idea. In March 1971, he joined girlfriend Pamela Courson in Paris at an apartment she had rented at 17–19, Rue Beautreillis in Le Marais , 4th arrondissement . In letters to friends, he described going for long walks through the city alone. During this time, he shaved his beard and lost some of the weight he had gained in the previous months. He also telephoned John Densmore to ask him how L.A. Woman was doing commercially; he was the last band member to ever speak with him. Morrison's apartment building in Le Marais, ParisOn July 3, 1971, Morrison was found dead in the bathtub of the apartment at approximately 6:00 a.m. by Courson.He was 27 years old. The official cause of death was listed as heart failure , although no autopsy was performed as it was not required by French law . Manzarek writes that Courson said Morrison's last words, as he was bathing, were, "Pam, are you still there?" Several individuals who say they were eyewitnesses, including Marianne Faithfull , claim that his death was due to an accidental heroin overdose. But due to the lack of autopsy, their statements could not be confirmed. According to music journalist Ben Fong-Torres , it was suggested that his death was kept a secret and the reporters who had telephoned Paris were told that Morrison was not deceased but tired and resting at a hospital. Morrison's friend, film director Agnès Varda , admitted that she was the one who was responsible for hiding the incident from becoming public. In her last media interview before her death in 2019, Varda confirmed that she was one of the only four mourners to attend Morrison's burial. Morrison's death came two years to the day after the death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones and approximately nine months after the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin . All of these popular musicians died at the age of 27, leading to the emergence of the 27 Club urban legend . Since the date of his demise, there have been a number of conspiracy theories concerning Morrison's death.VIDEO