[Rockingham]

Pitts, who met Morrison in 1998, says the rocker staged his death because of a French conspiracy to kill him, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix with narcotics because they were all Vietnam war protesters.

In addition to all the other absurdities of the claim, Jimi Hendrix was a veteran and a flaming, pro-US, adamant anti-communist supporter of the Viet Nam War with generally conservative views. If Hendrix had lived, he might have ended up running for Congress as a Republican or at least doing concerts for our side.

[Rodney King]

In addition to all the other absurdities of the claim, Jimi Hendrix was a veteran and a flaming, pro-US, adamant anti-communist supporter of the Viet Nam War with generally conservative views

I've never heard that before. I have always felt guilty for liking him - assuming that he was a hippie loser. Do you have a link?

[Lancey Howard]

I was a big rock fan during the late '60s and I do not recall any of those three (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison) ever saying a word about Vietnam. Certainly not like David Crosby or John Lennon, to name just a couple of the louder anti-war activists.