Jim Morrison statue found by chance nearly 4 decades after it was stolen from Doors’ singer’s Paris grave

ny post ^ | 05/19/2025 | Zoe Hussain

[BenLurkin]

The white marble bust of the “Riders on the Storm” singer — made by Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin — was placed at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris on the 10th anniversary of Morrison’s death in 1981.

The infamous sculpture, weighing nearly 300 pounds, did not appear damaged beyond the graffiti and its broken nose, which were already there when the bust went missing 37 years ago, according to newly released pictures.

Morrison’s gravesite — situated in an area called the “Poets Corner”– has attracted hordes of fans since the 27-year-old was laid to rest in 1971, according to the BBC.

In 1991, a riot broke out on the 20th anniversary of his death, and tear gas was used to disperse the rowdy crowd, the outlet said.

Since then, a guard has been permanently stationed at Morrison’s grave, the New York Times reported in 1993.

[packrat35]

Make that 2 of us. I never did drugs. Never understood their appeal. Made everyone either stupid or die.

[Big Red Badger]

Okay PureBloods,,,
I’ll give you credit and I can’t say one thing good about our drug culture either
Then or Now.
Many souls perished as they still do.
🙏 RIP

[exnavy]

Keep your eyes on the road

[packrat35]

I watched my brother take drugs and he died at age 45 of hepatitis, jaundice, gastritis, cirrhosis of the liver, and 5 other things, any of which can kill you by themselves.

He was literally yellow when he died. You could say I had a good example of what “not to do”...

[Huskrrrr]

I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.

[SunkenCiv]

Most peculiar...

[Big Red Badger]

Who
What
Where???
.
The Bust not described as per its
Discovery and Yes I read the Article.
.
The Doors
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
The Who
Dylan..
.
All were backdrop to
A very interesting time
In American History.
Good
Bad or
Indifferent.

[Larry Lucido]

Just read a few minutes ago that Alice Cooper said that exact sentence to Jim Morrison one morning the next thing he knows it’s the lyric in the song.

[Big Red Badger]

No Doubt Awful time for you both...
Sorry
RIP

[Fledermaus]

I’m a rocket man. Googoogobbeldygook out here alone.

[Big Red Badger]

Timothy Leary
High Priest.

[logi_cal869]

My first thought was why he was buried in Paris...

...but I really don’t care.

[wally_bert]

Third here.

For all my faults, failures, and other problems I have ever had, drugs were not one of them.

Not one illegal substance ever.

[sjm_888]

Just read a few minutes ago that Alice Cooper said that exact sentence to Jim Morrison one morning the next thing he knows it’s the lyric in the song.

Awesome factoid. Got a link on where you read that?

[Mathews]

I had my picture taken at his grave. The bust was missing then.

[sjm_888]

Sorry. Should have looked myself first.

Here it is

[Larry Lucido]

I think it was a comment on a YouTube video but here is another source

Jim Morrison quoted Alice Cooper in ‘Roadhouse Blues’

https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/jim-morrison-quoted-alice-cooper-in-roadhouse-blues-47370/#:~:text=Jim%20Morrison%20used%20a%20line,of%20Morrison‘s%20legendary%20bad%20behaviour.

[Larry Lucido]

:)

[Verginius Rufus]

Why is the bust called “infamous”?

[dfwgator]

Timothy Leary’s dead.