Doctor: 'Jimi Hendrix murder is plausible'
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:48a.m.
The doctor who tried to revive Jimi Hendrix on the night he died has said it is "plausible" the rocker could have been murdered.
Hendrix was 27 when he choked to death on his own vomit in a London hotel, but the exact circumstances of the tragedy have remained a mystery.
Roadie James 'Tappy' Wright has come forward alleging Hendrix's manager Michael Jeffery admitted feeding the rocker drugs and alcohol after he learned he was about to be fired by the star.
In a new tell-all book, titled Rock Roadie, Wright claims Jeffery went to Hendrix's hotel room and "stuffed" him with illegal substances in revenge.
Now Hendrix's doctor at the time of his death, John Bannister, has claimed that medical evidence is consistent with the allegations Wright makes in the tome.
Bannister was working at the now defunct St Mary Abbots Hospital in London when Hendrix was taken in to receive medical help.
He says Wright's account of what happened to the star "sounded plausible because of the volume of wine. The amount of wine that was over him was just extraordinary. Not only was it saturated right through his hair and shirt but his lungs and stomach were absolutely full of wine."
In the book, Wright recalls Jeffery saying, "I had to do it, Tappy. You understand, don't you?"
Jeffrey allegedly made the drunken confession in 1971 - two years before he was killed in a plane crash.
Wright also claims Jeffery had taken out a life insurance policy on Hendrix, worth US$1.8 million, prior to his death - with the manager as beneficiary.
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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:48a.m.
The doctor who tried to revive Jimi Hendrix on the night he died has said it is "plausible" the rocker could have been murdered.
Hendrix was 27 when he choked to death on his own vomit in a London hotel, but the exact circumstances of the tragedy have remained a mystery.
Roadie James 'Tappy' Wright has come forward alleging Hendrix's manager Michael Jeffery admitted feeding the rocker drugs and alcohol after he learned he was about to be fired by the star.
In a new tell-all book, titled Rock Roadie, Wright claims Jeffery went to Hendrix's hotel room and "stuffed" him with illegal substances in revenge.
Now Hendrix's doctor at the time of his death, John Bannister, has claimed that medical evidence is consistent with the allegations Wright makes in the tome.
Bannister was working at the now defunct St Mary Abbots Hospital in London when Hendrix was taken in to receive medical help.
He says Wright's account of what happened to the star "sounded plausible because of the volume of wine. The amount of wine that was over him was just extraordinary. Not only was it saturated right through his hair and shirt but his lungs and stomach were absolutely full of wine."
In the book, Wright recalls Jeffery saying, "I had to do it, Tappy. You understand, don't you?"
Jeffrey allegedly made the drunken confession in 1971 - two years before he was killed in a plane crash.
Wright also claims Jeffery had taken out a life insurance policy on Hendrix, worth US$1.8 million, prior to his death - with the manager as beneficiary.
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