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To: weegee
"The father of late Doors singer Jim Morrison has broken his silence to share memories of his estranged son, who once sang about killing him and joked that his family was dead."

Weeg, I'm just so touched to hear this.
Is there a *book* I can buy?

Only regret I have is Morrison's not still alive so he could run for public office on the Liberal-Socialist ticket.

Wait a minute, now.

...on second thought. {g}

22 posted on 11/09/2006 12:37:50 PM PST by Landru (That does it, no sleep number for you pal.)
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To: Landru

The father of Jim Morrison's wife (he's a former school principal) is the one who inherited Jim's estate and has thwarted efforts to release things like the art film Jim starred in (one he was in for someone else, after he'd become famous).

Parental rights are odd things when marriages come into play. Like the way Terry Schivo-Schindler's husband was able to plead her case for financial gain and then to present a purely oral contract to end her life even when her parents offered to take custody. He did not have her best interests at heart and had apparently abandoned the marriage.

Even odder is the concept of trademarking celebrity. "Marilyn Monroe" died without any heirs. She gave control of her estate to her psychiatrist. That psychiatrist's wife's family now profits from her persona (including impersonators).

If Mr. Morrison wants to put his thoughts down about his estranged son in a book together with the rest of the band, I don't see a problem with this.


23 posted on 11/09/2006 12:48:26 PM PST by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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