Person    | Male  Born 27/11/1942  Died 18/9/1970

Jimi Hendrix

Categories: Music / songs, Seriously Famous

Countries: USA

Guitarist and songwriter. Born Washington, USA. View from the Mirror has done a wonderful job plotting Hendrix's London, with lots of pictures including ones we had not seen before taken on the day of his death. Died at the Hotel Samarkand, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, from a drug and alcohol overdose.

See Londonist for more on Hendrix's life in London.

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Jimi Hendrix

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Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Bag o' Nails Club The Jimi Hendrix Experience first played here on the 25...

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Jimi Hendrix - W1

Pete Townshend unveiled the plaque.

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