Jim Morrison Getting Dug Up
Jim Morrison's grave--as popular a Parisian landmark as the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre for aging hippies, dino-rock fans and giddy groupies--will soon be vacating the City of Lights.
Tired of the trash-cum-offerings left behind by the pilgrims--candles, beer cans, whiskey bottles, cigarette butts, old albums, bits of Morrison's doggerel, panties, condoms--cemetery officials have decided to disinter the Doors singer's remains, Rolling Stone reports.
Apparently, the French feel such trinkets demean the celebrated Père Lachaise cemetery--final resting place for such cultural icons as Oscar Wilde, Frédéric Chopin, Marcel Proust and Jean-Paul Sartre, along with Morrison.
The Lizard King's remains will reportedly be dug up, and exiled, on July 6, 2001, when the 30-year lease on his grave expires.
Former Doors mate Ray Manzarek tells Rolling Stone that Morrison may find a new home next to Franz Kafka at the Czech National Cemetery. Morrison's parents will have the final say, though.
Morrison died of heart failure at 27 in a bathtub in his Paris hotel room July 3, 1971. He was buried at Père Lachaise three days later.





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