OFF: deaths and drugs

[Max Wilcox]

Ted Jackson jr. EL84 wrote:
>
> >From Jerry:
>
> > Martin said:
> >
> > >Thain, I think, was in trouble with drugs and although I can't remember
> > >clearly, I am sure his death was drugs related.  I remember reading an
> > >article in Melody Maker in 1976 about people in the rock world who had
> > >died through abuse of drugs - and he was up there with Joplin, Hendrix et
> > >al.
> >
> > Joplin died of alcohol - a legal drug...
> > Hendrix died of sleeping pills - a legal drug...
> > Hm...
> >
>
> You sure about that?  I'm almost certain Joplin OD'd.  It's Morisson
> who drank himself to death, but he supposedly died of a heart attack.
>  Bonham was the one who drank himself to death...

        And, Jack Kerouac died from too much alcohol, as well as William
Burroughs the 3rd (Bill Burroughs' son), whereas Bill Burroughs is still
with us, and Timothy Leary only passed away a few months ago of cancer.

- Max Wilcox