Tours | Categories (New, Hot) | Map
Alcohol - Ancient - Animal - Architecture - Art - Aviation - Boxing - Celebrity - Charity - Children - Church - Cinema - Comedy - Crime - Dance - Death - Disaster - Drugs - Fashion - Food - Gambling - Ghost - Grave - Health - Historical - Industry - Justice - LGBT - Literary - Look Up - Medical - Military - Motoring - Murder - Museum - Music - Nature - Naval - Paranormal - Pioneer - Poetry - Police - Politics - Pub - Public Amenities - Quirky - Religion - Retail - Ripper - River - Royalty - Science - Sculpture - Sex - Signs - Society - Sport - Subterranean - Technology - Theatre - Train - Transport - Tube - TV - Weather -
Contact Us
IN THE NEWS
TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
26th May 1966 Actress Helena Bonham Carter born in Golders Green, London.
26th May 1951 Vaughan Williams Pilgrim's Progress, premieres in London
26th May 1942 Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London
26th May 1906 The current Vauxhall bridge was officially opened by the Prince of Wales.
26th May 1893 Born today: Eugene Goossens, London England, conductor/composer (Perseus)
26th May 1839 The first burial in newly-opened Highgate Cemetery.
Jimi Hendrix Died Here
This is where Jimi Hendrix died of a drugs overdose.
Location: Hotel Samarkand, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, Notting, W11 2NS
Description: It was here in room 507 that Jimi Hendrix overdosed and died across town at the Samarkand Hotel on September 18th 1970.
Hendrix, one of the stars of the recent Isle of Wight pop festival, whose blatant sexuality on stage made him the centre of countless controversies, had been found by his beautiful West German girlfriend in a coma in bed at her hotel.
Twenty-three-year-old Monica Danneman called an ambulance and but it is disputed whether he dies prior to the ambulance arriving or en route.
Hendrix had booked in on September 6.
He reserved a 17-a-day fifth floor suite but rarely used it. He was last seen in the hotel on Thursday afternoon cleaning his shoes in his suite.
But Jimi Hendrix, wrote his own epitaph: When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild, and freak out an' do anything they wanna do.
Tagged in this Tour: Jimi Hendrix's London
Tagged in this Tour: London 2012
Tagged in this Tour: The London Rockstar Death Trail
Music
Ranking This Month: 11/2693
Pages Hit This Month: 304
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/1124
|
This is where Jimi Hendrix died of a drugs overdose. |
The Shady Old Lady points out that you can drag this map using mouse. Or visit our full massive map.
Jimi Hendrix Last Hotel
This was Jimi Hendrix's last hotel he booked into.
2006-08-22
Pitt's Immortal Last Words», 2.2km
Stephen Lawrence Memorial», 11.km
World's First Car Death», 8.5km
Brian Jones' mystery death», 32.km
Amy Winehouse's Flat», 3.9km
Jimi Hendrix Died Here», 0km
Where Judy Garland Died», 2.3km
Silk cutters hanged here», 6.4km
Cursed Workplace?», 4.6km
The Start of the 2011 Riots», 8.2km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
