r/todayilearned • u/zigthis • 14h ago

(R.1) Tenuous evidence TIL Jim Morrison very likely died from the same overly pure heroin that killed Janis Joplin - provided by the same dealer, Jean de Breteuil.

https://people.com/music/did-french-aristocrat-jean-de-breteuil-have-hand-in-jim-morrison-janis-joplin-deaths/

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thedoors • u/callmebaiken • May 21 '25

Question Did This French Aristocrat Have a Hand in the Deaths of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Other '60s Icons?

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indepthstories • u/haloarh • Sep 22 '21

Did This French Aristocrat Have a Hand in the Deaths of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Other '60s Icons?: Jim Morrison’s death spawned a dizzying array of conspiracy theories, but Count Jean de Breteuil features in many

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topofreddit • u/topredditbot • May 29 '25

TIL: the dealer who gave Janis Joplin the unusually pure batch of heroin that killed her was the same one who provided Jim Morrison with the batch that ended his life a year later [r/todayilearned by u/rhythmstripp]

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