On July 3rd we observed the 47th anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison. We still care about Morrison because he lead the greatest American rock band of all time, and because he was also a gifted poet and a lyrical filmmaker. Even folks who’d disagree with all of those points would have to concede that Morrison was one of the most charismatic rock stars of the music’s golden age, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the artist’s death will ensure that his grave will be kept clean for the ages.

Morrison is buried in graveyard in Paris, France where the artist was living when he died. Did Morrison turn his back on rock? Had he reinvented himself as a poet living a literary life in Europe or had he finally fallen to his appetites for excess and experience?

Here’s a Final 24 episode re-creating the day of Jim Morrison’s life in Paris in 1971…

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