Jim Morrison's stolen grave bust found after 37 years

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Nach 37 Jahren wurde die gestohlene Büste von Jim Morrison, der legendären Sänger der Doors, auf dem Père Lachaise Friedhof in Paris wiederentdeckt. Ein Stück Musikgeschichte kehrt zurück!
After 37 years, the stolen bust of Jim Morrison, the legendary singer of the Doors, was rediscovered on the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. A piece of music history returns! (Symbolbild/DNAT)

A sculpture by the late American singer and poet Jim Morrison, who for almost four decades from his grave in Paris was found again according to the French police.

Fund of the Jim Morrison Bush after 37 years

"After 37 years of absence, Jim Morrison's bust stolen by the Père Lachaise cemetery in 1988," said the Paris Regional Directorate of the Justice Police in a Instagram-post on Friday with.

The supervisory authority added: "This iconic symbol for the singer's fans was rediscovered as part of an investigation of the financial and anti-corruption brigade under the supervision of the Parisian public prosecutor."

a happy moment for the Jim Morrison Foundation

A representative of the Jim Morrison Foundation expressed the Rolling" Stone magazine that one is "happy about the rediscovery" of the statue. He emphasized: "It is obviously a piece of history, and Jim's family wanted to be at his grave, which is why it is gratifying that she has returned."

The connection to music history

Jim Morrison, the charismatic front man of the psychedelic rock band The Doors from the 1960s, died in 1971 at the age of only 27. His grave in the French capital attracts many music fans. It is located in the Père Lachaise cemetery and is considered one of the most popular graves in Paris, according to the city's official tourism website. Every year, crowds gather there on the anniversary of his death on July 3

The history of the bust

The bust created by the Croatian sculptor Mladen Mikulin was installed on his grave on the occasion of Morrison's tenth death. Unfortunately it disappeared in 1988. The tombstone, which was damaged in the 1980s, was replaced by his parents in 1990 and bears the inscription "Truly of his mind" in Greek letters.

anniversaries and souvenirs

On the 20th anniversary of Morrison's death in 1991, the police had to drive out fans out of the cemetery with tear gas because there was unrest. Alcohol and music were also prohibited on the 30th anniversary, but thousands of fans still came to put down wreaths and take photos. "A Doors song is played somewhere in the world every day," said former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek at the time. "Jim Morrison's energy is still with us, in the ether."

a short but sustainable life

Morrison, who was also known as "the lizard king", developed a reputation for its high alcohol consumption and shocking stage appearances. He left the band in 1971 to devote himself to writing poems and moved to Paris with his girlfriend Pamela Courson. However, he died later in her Parisian apartment this year. Courson told the authorities that she found the singer lifelessly in the bathtub. Officially, heart failure is given as the cause of death, but no autopsy was carried out, which resulted in numerous conspiracy theories.