Pam courson after jim morrisons death date

Lydia Hutchinson | July 8,

Paris. July 2, , early evening. Jim Morrison and his girlfriend Pamela Courson went to the cinema to see Pursued, a western starring Robert Mitchum. At another theater, Jim Morrison sat alone, watching a documentary called Death Valley. Across town, at the Rock ’n’ Roll Circus nightclub, Jim Morrison scored some heroin and OD’d in the bathroom. At the same time, Jim Morrison walked the streets of Paris and shot up with some junkies on skid row. Meanwhile, at Orly Airport, Jim Morrison boarded a plane for an unknown destination.

No one knows for sure where the year-old Jim was or what he did that evening, but by the next morning, one thing was certain: He was dead.

Three months earlier, he had fled Hollywood. Bloated, bearded and out of control with his drinking, the once-svelte Lizard King had become a sad parody of his former self. During the difficult recording sessions for the Doors’ final album, L.A. Woman, Morrison would guzzle as many as 36 beers in a single day. His voice was giving out, and he was struggling with his lyric writing.

On March 11, , he went to Paris for a sabbatical. He intended to get clean, lose some weight and reconnect with his muse.

Of the possible scenarios on the night he died, the first has become the most accepted. After the movie, he and Courson returned to their apartment at No. 17 Rue Beautreillis. They watched some Super 8 films of a recent Moroccan vacation before Courson went to bed. Jim stayed up for a while, listening to old Doors albums, trying to suppress a coughing fit that had started earlier in the evening. When he came to bed, he woke Courson, complaining that he felt sick.

He was up an hour later, feeling worse. When he vomited a small quantity of blood, Courson suggested they call a doctor. Jim instead asked her to run a bath for him. While he stretched out in the tub, she went back to bed. The last thing she remembered hearing Jim say

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“According to friends, she was very affected, she used to talk with Jim’s dog as if this was Jim himself, “She always talked about Jim as if he was still alive.”

As for Pam’s state of mind, her mother said that when she came back from Paris, she was almost ‘crazed’ and she spent days and days crying. She used to sit every night at her windows, watching ships coming along, hoping it was Jim, coming back to her.

Her friends said that she used to sit near her phone waiting for ‘her old man’ to call her.

Diane Gardiner, who worked for The Doors and who was one of Pam’s close friends, was worried about how she was dealing with Jim’s death. The few friends that did not abandon Pamela after Jim’s death were advised to reassure her that Jim was away on tour in the U.S. and that he would be back soon.

“"Pamela said something to me in Paris that never left me. She said, ‘There were a lot of people who pretended to be close to Jim, but I was the only one who had the nerve to stand up to him.’ She loved him to death but she was not willing to be abused. Pamela just went, 'Fuck you buddy! You’d better do this!’ She didn’t take any shit from him. Inevitably he went back to her, because he knew she was willing to lose him.” – Doors manager, Bill Siddons on Jim & Pamela’s relationship 

From “Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together” by Jim’s friend, Frank Lisciandro, Jim’s close friend and body guard Babe Hill attended the ceremony. Hill had written Pamela a letter of condolence after Jim’s death. When Hill went through the receiving line Penny Courson, Pamela’s mother, asked him, “And who are you?”, Hill introduced himself. Hill recalled that Mrs. Courson’s face lit up and she hugged him and said, “So you’re Babe!” Mrs. Courson

American singer (–)

For other people with the same name, see James Morrison.

"Mr. Mojo Risin'&#;" redirects here. For the song in which the line appears, see L.A. Woman (song).

James Douglas Morrison (December 8, – July 3, ) was an American singer, songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his energetic persona, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, erratic and unpredictable performances, along with the dramatic circumstances surrounding his life and early death, Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most influential frontmen in rock history. Since his death, his fame has endured as one of popular culture's top rebellious and oft-displayed icons, representing the generation gap and youth counterculture.

Together with keyboardist Ray Manzarek, Morrison founded the Doors in in Venice, California. The group spent two years in obscurity until shooting to prominence with their number-one hit single in the United States, "Light My Fire", taken from their self-titled debut album. Morrison recorded a total of six studio albums with the Doors, all of which sold well and many of which received critical acclaim. He frequently gave spoken word poetry passages while the band was playing live. Manzarek said Morrison "embodied hippie counterculture rebellion".

Morrison developed an alcohol dependency, which at times affected his performances on stage. In , Morrison died unexpectedly in a Paris apartment at the age of 27, amid several conflicting witness reports. Since no autopsy was performed, the cause of Morrison's death remains disputed.

Although the Doors recorded two more albums after Jim Morrison died, his death greatly affected the band's fortunes, and they split up two years later. In , Morrison was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the other Doors members.

Partner of Jim Morrison (–)

Pamela Susan Courson (December 22, – April 25, ) was the long-term companion of Jim Morrison, singer of the Doors. Courson stated she discovered Morrison's body in the bathtub of a Paris apartment in She died three years after him, in She was later legally recognized as his common-law wife.

Early life

Courson was born in Weed, California. Her father, Columbus "Corky" Courson (–), had been a Navybombardier (attaining the rank of Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve) before he became a junior high school principal in Villa Park, California. Her mother, Pearl "Penny" Courson (–), was a homemaker who did interior design. After she died at age 90 in , her New York Times obituary described her as a regular reader of that newspaper and a "connoisseur of the arts." Courson had one sibling, a sister named Judith, who died in She attended Orange High School in Orange, California.

Involvement with Morrison

Courson and Jim Morrison met at the London Fog nightclub on the Sunset Strip in , while she was an art student at Los Angeles City College. In his memoir, Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors, keyboardist Ray Manzarek stated that Courson and a friend saw the band during their stint at the London Fog.

Morrison and Courson had an open relationship, at times very charged and intense, and also described as "on-again, off-again" as both maintained ongoing relationships with others, while also being strongly committed to each other in their own way. One of Courson's more significant, ongoing relationships was with the French nobleman and he