OFF: deaths and drugs

[Martyn White]

>> Jerry said:
>> >> Joplin died of alcohol - a legal drug...
>> >> Hendrix died of sleeping pills - a legal drug...
>> >> Hm...
>
>I doubr they were prescription drugs...At least not prescribed to
>JH...

        I heard that Jimi was partying with some friends on barbs and
booze.  When he passed out, they neglected to turn him over and left
him lying on his back.  Subsequently he choked on his own vomit.

Martyn