Farin Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 A former roadie claims that Hendrix was killed by his manager because the guitarist was worth more to him dead than alive [smaller]Sean Michaels | guardian.co.uk | Tuesday 2 June 2009 | Link[/smaller] Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager, according to a new book by one of the guitarist's former roadies. James "Tappy" Wright has claimed that manager Michael Jeffrey confessed to making Hendrix swallow sleeping pills, because he hoped to collect on his client's life insurance policy. Jeffrey feared being replaced with a new manager, Wright writes in his book Rock Roadie, and decided Hendrix was "worth more to him dead than alive". Jeffrey was allegedly the beneficiary oo the guitarist's $2m life insurance policy (worth around £1.2m in 1970). According to Wright, Jeffrey told him about the crime in 1971 – a year after 27-year-old Hendrix was found dead in a London hotel. "I had to do it, Tappy," Wright claims the manager said. "You understand, don't you? I had to do it. You know damn well what I'm talking about ... We went round to [his] hotel room, got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth ... then poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe." Hendrix was found dead at the Samarkand Hotel on 18 September, 1970. The cause of death was recorded as barbiturate intoxication and inhalation of vomit. "I can still hear [the] conversation," Wright wrote of Jeffrey's confession, "see the man I'd known for so much of my life, his face pale, hand clutching at his glass in sudden rage." Hendrix's manager died in a plane crash in 1973. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 If this IS true, then there's some nice poetic justice right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 We went round to [his] hotel room, got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth ... then poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe Interesting. People will say anything to sell books .... but I wonder who the "We" was supposed to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 I can see what you're suggesting, but I'd have to say in his defence: I highly doubt that Farin was involved in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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miamisammy29 Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 A former roadie claims that Hendrix was killed by his manager... They're wrong; it was Yoko. (...or possibly Farin, but we have no proof of that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Well someone must have helped him. I'm sure it would take more then one guy to stuff sleeping pills down Hendrix's throat. He didn't look like that much of a light weight to me. I wouldn't think he'd just lay there and let em' do that to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 So, don't report the guy to authorities or anything....just wait 30 years or so and write a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Maybe the plane crash accident wasn't as accident as it looked Jenny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I've actually read about this theory before, and now it seems like it has more validity...I wonder if it's true? Then again, an accidental overdose also seems pretty realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 To me, it's far more realistic that Hendrix died from an overdose rather than being murdered. I mean, for something like that to come out now......it doesn't pass the sniff test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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