Hendrix passed away in 1970 at age 27 following ... It’s always assumed that Jimi’s death was because of overindulgence, over-excess in drugs and alcohol. It really wasn’t.

Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 18, 1970. He was 27. The autopsy exam concluded that Jimi choked on his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with sleeping pills.

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Police surveillance and suspicious testimonies. Every superstar tragedy prompts questions and conspiracy theories, but the death of Jimi Hendrix, who joined the notorious 27 Club 50 years ago ...

Which is partly why Jimi Hendrix's seething, scorching and cacophonous rendition from Woodstock '69 stands out – and why 50 years after his tragic death on Sept. 18, 1970, it's still as ...

The mysterious death of American blues musician Robert Johnson in 1938, when he was 27, began an eerie trend among celebrated stars. Jimi Hendrix was one of the earliest members of the infamous 27 ...

An autopsy concluded that “Hendrix aspirated ... His gravestone reads “Forever in our hearts, James M. ‘Jimi’ Hendrix, 1942-1970.” ...

Hendrix confided in a friend, Sharon Lawrence, about his physical and emotional state days before his death. “Jimi tracked me down, detailing his pressures and discussing the ‘so-called ...

In the spring of 1969, just a year before his death, Jimi Hendrix ascended onto a stage at Madison Square Avenue to entertain thousands of adoring fans. He was dressed in his usual romantic manner ...