50 Years After His Death, Fans Honor Jim Morrison in Paris
Fifty years after Morrison's death at age 27, rock music lovers from France and across the world came to the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in eastern Paris.
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PARIS (AP) — Paris on Saturday was the only place to be for die-hard Jim Morrison fans. Fifty years after his death at age 27, rock music lovers from France and across the world came to the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in eastern Paris where The Doors’ frontman is buried. Many brought candles and pictures, and some burned incense sticks near his grave as police watched nearby. “Jim and The Doors have been heroes of ours since…
