Death

Death

According to Pamela Courson, they went to a late-night showing at the cinema of the Robert Mitchum movie Pursued, later returning to their the apartament.  After watching some of Morrison's home movies, they drifted off to sleep.  An hour later Courson awoke to Morrison choking and gurgling.  Courson slapped Morrison awake, after which he promptly vomited blood in the bathroom.  Worried, she offered to call a doctor, but Morrison declined, saying he was feeling better and wanted to take a bath.  Courson went back to sleep and Morrison finished his bath.  She woke the next morning at approximately 8:00 a.m. to discover Morrison unconscious in the bathtub.  A small amount of blood trickled from his nose as Courson tried to wake him.  She called her friend Alan Ronay at 8:30, and later the fire department.  As the firemen pulled Morrison from the bath and laid him in the bedroom, they began to massage his heart.  But it was too late.
Pam reportedly told the police that Jim complained of feeling ill, and asked her to get a bath ready. Minutes later she discovered him, unconscious in the tub. Rub a dub dub. No autopsy was done, and Pam "could not remember" the name of the doctor who signed the certificate.

By Monday July 5, rumors reached the US that Morrison was dead.  Manager Bill Siddons was not concerned for he had heard these rumors before.  He finally telephoned Courson and was soon on the next plane for France.  As Siddons was flying over the Atlantic, Courson purchased a thirty-year lease on a double plot at Pere Lachaise Cemetery.  She paid a total of approximately two hundred dollars for both the plot and a pine casket - the cheapest the cemetery had available.  Siddons arrived at the apartment the next day to view the coffin and death certificate (though he never saw the body). On Wednesday, a hearse with four pallbearers came to collect the casket from the apartment.  No clergy attended as they lowered his casket into the grave and only five people were present at the funeral.  Neither Morrison's family, friends, or the band were contacted.
On Monday July 5, the rumor started back in the States that Jim was dead. It hadn't been announced yet. Bill Siddon, the Doors Manager called Pam, who confirmed it. He flew to Paris, and when he arrived, Pam showed him a sealed coffin and a signed death certificate. Six days after his death, an official announcement was made to the public.

On Wednesday, the coffin was buried secretly in Pere Lachaise.

Jim had fantasized about telling the world he was dead, and starting a new life elsewhere. He planned to contact his office by an anagram-name he had devised: Mr. Mojo Risin'. 
There is one unconfirmed report that Morrison was seen boarding a plane that weekend.

As you can see from his will, Pam got everything, then she went ahead and died three years later in the building below.  Historian Laurie clarifies: He did leave Pamela Courson everything but because of legal entanglements, the will did not go into affect until a week after she died, leaving nearly everything to her parents instead.

It's common knowledge that Jim's grave in Paris has turned into weirdo magnet. People constantly deface it; they leave behind cigarettes, whisky, and condoms, amongst other "treasures." Contrary to popular belief, Pere Lachaise denies that they are evicting its most famous tenant. They do however have a guard posted at the grave, 24 hours a day.

Jim’s parents upgraded the 30 year lease to forever and purchased a steam cleaner for the cemetery. That’s why you don’t see graffiti all over the place anymore.

Jim's grave has suffered years of abuse by fans