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Hendrix' "suicide"[edit]

I read a biograsphy of Hendrix and it said that Eric Burdon told a newspaper that Hendrix had intentionally commit suicide, can anyone corroborate this?

In Eric Burdon's biography called "dont let me be misunderstood" i think he wrote about Hendrix being "accidentally" given too many sleeping pills by this parisian girl... He blamed the girl for Hendrix' death, and if im not mistaken the girl was investigated.

No. Hendrix died while sleeping by choking in his own vomit. This was due alcohol plus barbiturates simultaneously. Normally, when a human is sleeping and a vomit (e.g. due alcohol) is coming up, the person awakens. This way the vomit comes out in a controlled way. But sleeping pills prevent the person from waking up. Therefore, if vomit comes up due alcohol or whatever,the breathway clogs and he chokes.

The post-mortem confirmed that Hendrix aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with barbiturate. This is a common knowledge, and is reported e.g. in Hendrix' wikipedia article. 188.238.3.211 (talk) 20:56, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Eric Burdon Band[edit]

The article has a discrepancy on when the group was formed. Is it 1971 or 1973? Senator2029 【talk】 19:27, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Victor[edit]

The original BBC iPlayer programme here is no longer available. There is a copy here. Burdon makes the claim at approx. 1:23. Perhaps it's a fiction. Perhaps there is a better source. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]