What is the exact date of Jim Morrison's death?

The exact date of Jim Morrison’s death was July 3, 1971. He died in Paris at age 27, while living in an apartment in the city’s Le Marais district with his companion Pamela Courson.

Morrison had moved to Paris in 1971 after completing work with The Doors on L.A. Woman. He was found dead in the bathtub during the morning of Saturday, July 3. French authorities listed heart failure as the official cause of death, and no autopsy was performed because French law did not require one in the circumstances. The absence of an autopsy has contributed to decades of speculation about the precise circumstances.

The date is sometimes confused with July 4 because Morrison’s death was reported around the American Independence Day holiday, and because news of it reached many people later. His funeral took place on July 7, 1971, and he was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Morrison’s death also made him one of the best-known members of the so-called “27 Club,” although that label was applied retrospectively.