On July 2, 1969, Brian Jones died.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Brian Jones


Brian Jones during the Rolling Stones' visit to Finland in June 1965

Background information
Birth name: Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones
Also known as: Elmo Lewis
Born: 28 February 1942; Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Died: 2 July 1969 (aged 27); Hartfield, East Sussex, England

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 2 July 1969) was an English musician and composer, best known as the founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, Jones went on to play a wide variety of instruments on Rolling Stones recordings and in concerts, including rhythm guitar, lead guitar, sitar, dulcimer, various keyboard instruments such as piano and mellotron, marimba, wind instruments such as harmonica, recorder, saxophone, as well as drums, vocals and numerous others.

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Death


Jones's grave in Cheltenham Cemetery

At around midnight on the night of 2–3 July 1969, Jones was discovered motionless at the bottom of his swimming pool at Cotchford Farm. His Swedish girlfriend, Anna Wohlin, was convinced he was alive when he was taken out of the pool, insisting he still had a pulse. However, by the time the doctors arrived, it was too late and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, at the age of 27. The coroner's report stated it was a drowning, later clarified as "death by misadventure", and noted his liver and heart were heavily enlarged by past drug and alcohol abuse.

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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. That was a sad day. Can't believe it's been 52 years!

[RockRaven]

2. IIRC, he had just been fired/kicked out of the Rolling Stones, a couple of weeks prior.

At least that's what I recall Keith Richards saying in his autobiography.