It was on this day in 1971 that Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in France at the age of 27. While his official cause of death was listed as heart failure, many theories have circulated in the following years, with suspicions being raised due to the lack of an autopsy by French authorities. Fans wouldn’t learn of his passing until six days after it happened, by which time he was quietly buried in the Pére Lachaise cemetery.
In memory of the 55th anniversary, check out the documentary Jim Morrison: The Final 24 Hours, which documents that fateful final day in the life of the enigmatic frontman, above.