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Mr.Bill

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3. The fact is, when Morrison
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 03:18 AM
Jan 2022

left for France, he was facing federal charges regarding his behavior on a commercial airliner. He may very well have done prison time if convicted. I would imagine that was quite stressful. I sort of see him as the same as other rock icons like Janis and Jimi who met an early and untimely death. If they hadn't died when they did, it would have happened shortly therafter with similar circumstances. To put it simply, if they hadn't died of a drug overdose, they would have died of a drug overdose. It's all very sad. One can only imagine all the music we missed when we lost them.

And then there's Keith Richards...

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