how did jimmy hendrix die?

Question

i want to know if jimmy hendrix died of a drug overdose or foot cancer

Answer 1

In the early morning hours of September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix was found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London. Hendrix died amid circumstances which have never been fully explained. He had spent the night with his German girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking nine Vesperax sleeping pills, then asphyxiating on his own vomit. For years, Dannemann publicly claimed that Hendrix was alive when placed in the back of the ambulance; however, her comments about that morning were often contradictory and confused, varying from interview to interview. Police and ambulance reports reveal that not only was Hendrix dead when they arrived on the scene, but he had been dead for some time, the apartment's front door was wide open, and the apartment itself empty. Following a libel case brought in 1996 by Hendrix's long-term British girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, Monika Dannemann allegedly took her own life.

Some reports indicated that the paramedics who escorted Jimi out of the apartment did not support his head and that he was still alive. According to this version of events, he choked on his own vomit and died during the trip to the hospital, because his head and his neck were not supported.[18].

A sad poem written by Hendrix that was found in the apartment has led some to believe that he committed suicide. More speculative is the belief that Hendrix was murdered—forcibly given the sleeping pills and wine, then asphyxiated with a scarf by professionals hired by manager Michael Jeffery. The most popular theory, however, is that he simply misjudged the potency of the sleeping pills, and asphyxiated in his sleep due to an inability to regain consciousness when he vomited.

Reports that Hendrix's tapes of the concept album Black Gold had been stolen from the London flat are in fact wrong: the tapes were handed to Mitch Mitchell by Hendrix at the Isle of Wight Festival three weeks prior to his death. Hendrix's Greenwich Village apartment, however, was indeed plundered by an unknown series of vandals who stole numerous personal items, tapes, and countless pages of lyrics and poems, some of which have resurfaced in the hands of collectors or at auctions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix

Answer 2

In the early morning hours of September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix was found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London. Hendrix died amid circumstances which have never been fully explained. He had spent the night with his German girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking nine Vesperax sleeping pills, then asphyxiating on his own vomit. For years, Dannemann publicly claimed that Hendrix was alive when placed in the back of the ambulance; however, her comments about that morning were often contradictory and confused, varying from interview to interview. Police and ambulance reports reveal that not only was Hendrix dead when they arrived on the scene, but he had been dead for some time, the apartment's front door was wide open, and the apartment itself empty. Following a libel case brought in 1996 by Hendrix's long-term British girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, Monika Dannemann allegedly took her own life.

Some reports indicated that the paramedics who escorted Jimi out of the apartment did not support his head and that he was still alive. According to this version of events, he choked on his own vomit and died during the trip to the hospital, because his head and his neck were not supported[citation needed].

A sad poem written by Hendrix that was found in the apartment has led some to believe that he committed suicide. More speculative is the belief that Hendrix was murdered—forcibly given the sleeping pills and wine, then asphyxiated with a scarf by professionals hired by manager Michael Jeffery. The most popular theory, however, is that he simply misjudged the potency of the sleeping pills, and asphyxiated in his sleep due to an inability to regain consciousness when he vomited.

Answer 3

here is an excerpt from a site the link is on the bottom
Jimi Hendrix did not die of a heroin overdose. He did not die free-basing cocaine. He did not die speed-balling (using both heroin and cocaine). He was not on hard drugs at the time of his death. His death in fact, is shrouded in mystery. Twenty-five years after the death of Jimi Hendrix, we still don't know the exact circumstances leading up to and surrounding his death.

I also found this:

According to a theory from the gathered evidence he drank wine, took nine Vesperax sleeping pills and then choked on his own vomit and died. Jimi's girlfriend was with him that night and she has made contradicting and confusing statements about his death changing the vents from interview to interview. She said that he was alive when placed in the ambulance whereas the police say that he was dead when they reached the scene.

Some people think he died by choking on his vomit (grose I know) Others think he choked to death. What I did find out was that there weren't enough drugs in his systen to die from drug over dose

Hope this helps
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Answer 4

Jimi Hendrix, an American singer, guitarist and song writer died on September 18, 1970. The cause of his death is yet unknown and there have been various theories floating around it. His body was found in the basement level of the Samarkand Hotel in London.

According to a theory from the gathered evidence he drank wine, took nine Vesperax sleeping pills and then choked on his own vomit and died. Jimi's girlfriend was with him that night and she has made contradicting and confusing statements about his death changing the vents from interview to interview. She said that he was alive when placed in the ambulance whereas the police say that he was dead when they reached the scene.

After a depressing poem was recovered from of his apartment, it was speculated that Jimi had committed suicide.

Answer 5

Jimi Hendrix died on Sept.18,1970 in London.There weren't enough drugs in his body to kill him so I don't think suicide is what happened.He was with his girlfriend Monika Danneman when it happened.She hesitated in calling the ambulance when she found Jimi unconscious because there were drugs in the apartment.He did take some sleeping pills that night just to catch some sleep(as I said,there weren't enough drugs in him to kill him).By the time the ambulance arrived,Hendrix was cold-there was no saving him at that point.At that time in his life there was a lot going on.The thing that bothered him the most,I think,was the fact he was on a European tour to raise cash for his new studio,when he really wanted to be in that studio putting the finishing touches on the double album he was working on at the time.

Answer 6

Jimi Hendrix was born on 11/27/42 and died on 9/18/70 of a drug overdose in London.
He was inducted into the Rock-n-Roll hall of Fame in 1992.,and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 1992.

Answer 7

choked on his own vomit. Some say it was a conspirecy as many artist that had influence over mass public died at the same age by ´Rock and Roll´circumstances
Hendrix 27 - drowned in own vomit (nice)
Kurt Cobain 27 - shot himself (yeah right)
Brian Jones 27 - drowned in his own pool
Janis Joplin 27 - heroin overdose
Jim Morrison 27 - unkown
the list goes on
go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_27_Club for the list

Answer 8

He died of a drug over dose, Along with the sleeping pills he had taken he also had other drugs in his system as well.

Jimmy Hendrix was well known for his drug binges and performing live concerts All drugged up and stoned out of his mind. So there ya go

Answer 9

Going from memory Jimmy died from choking on his own vomit, Autopsy stated there was no hard evidence of a heroin addict as most thought!! One of the most frustrating things of all time, What would Jimmy be performing today???????????????????????????

Answer 10

He died from inhaling his own vomit.

This was induced by him overdoing the drugs, but he had not had enough drugs to actually kill him.

Just enough to prevent him waking up and coughing when he started to vomit.

Foot cancer? You stick with that if it makes you feel better.