# Jim Morrison of the DOORS is alive truly having faked his death in 1971 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478 "2011-01-30T03:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/101 "2011-01-31T04:35:48Z")
I’ve never successfully Billed my Loyer, but he has Billed me many, many times. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/102 "2011-01-31T08:34:29Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > … as well as children who can physically pop in and out of dimensions…" I don’t know of any parent who would tolerate this kind of behavior from their kids. So what does one do in another dimension? Eat chocolate cake? Play video games with Cthulhu? Kids, let me tell you, the other dimensions are not playgrounds. Watch [Little Girl Lost](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Girl_Lost), [Poltergeist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist_(film)), or [Homer3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_VI#Homer3) ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/103 "2011-02-01T01:14:39Z")
Am I the only one who wants to see hybrid Jim Morrison/wombat plush toy merchandise? And I have to say, the OP is deeply disappointing in not descending to forensic detail like our lamented poster in the Jimi Hendrix thread did. I can’t really get traction on this particular brand of reality-disconnect. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/104 "2011-02-01T02:37:26Z")
I just figured it out – that’s not Jim Morrison…but it IS Jimmy Hoffa! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/105 "2011-02-01T20:22:42Z")
> [@Jlizard](#): > > Nemo and Jain, > Jim was supposed go be interviewed by Te Zims but he didn’t show up to the schedule event. So instead a movie was made interviewing Pitts, his son and his neighbors. He couldn’t be bothered to show up due to his busy day of… farming? So instead contacts you to keep fighting the good fight for him? Um, sorry, but none of what you are saying makes any logical sense. Look, contract or no, if JM is alive he could walk into any local broadcasting station and give an interview. They would LOVE to put that story on the air and scoop every one else. This isn’t rocket science. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/106 "2011-02-01T20:30:19Z")
> [@oliversarmy](#): > > If indeed this marginally talented lounge singer were still alive, why would anyone care? You left out “Pretentious Would-be Romantic Poet.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/107 "2011-02-01T21:36:26Z")
> [@oliversarmy](#): > > If indeed this marginally talented lounge singer were still alive, why would anyone care? > [@Dr.Rieux](#): > > You left out “Pretentious Would-be Romantic Poet.” Now why would Jim want to come out of hiding only to face this sort of whithering criticism. Don’t let them get you down, Jim … er, Bill. ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/108 "2011-02-01T21:46:04Z")
Men are so funny regarding Jim Morrison…he was good-looking, talented, rich, charismatic, enigmatic, educated, cool, came from a good family and a chick-magnet. _meow_ guys. ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/109 "2011-02-01T22:08:28Z")
Yeah, but he’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/110 "2011-02-01T22:14:18Z")
> [@AshenLady](#): > > he was good-looking, talented, rich, charismatic, enigmatic, educated, cool, came from a good family and a chick-magnet. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree, because I don’t see “competent lyricist” or “decent songwriter” on there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/111 "2011-02-01T22:56:44Z")
> [@conway](#): > > Yeah, but he’s dead. He’s dead, yet he lives on in his music, which more than most of us are going to live on, male or female. ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/112 "2011-02-01T22:57:56Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree, because I don’t see “competent lyricist” or “decent songwriter” on there. 😉 His lyrics are better than most, IMO and his bandmates did most of the song-writing. Krieger wrote LMF, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/113 "2011-02-01T23:07:06Z")
> [@AshenLady](#): > > Krieger wrote LMF, for instance. I don’t think Manzarek gets enough credit for “Light My Fire.” Krieger wrote the words and the tune, but Manzarek came up with that carnival-fanfare organ lick that is the song’s real hook. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/114 "2011-02-01T23:25:09Z")
> [@AshenLady](#): > > His lyrics are better than most, IMO and his bandmates did most of the song-writing. Krieger wrote LMF, for instance. Better than most _what_? High school poetry journals? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/115 "2011-02-01T23:37:26Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Better than most _what_? High school poetry journals? Have you listened to any other pop music? I get not worshiping The Doors but I don’t get the WORST BAND EVAR hate. Which of their lyrics are particularly bad? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/116 "2011-02-02T00:21:24Z")
There’s a killer on the road His brain is squirmin’ like a toad 'Til the stars fall from the sky for you and I ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/117 "2011-02-02T00:32:22Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > And I bet Jim has a bitchin’ Camaro. +1 for the Dead Milkmen reference. I saw them play in Ottawa way back in the 80’s ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/118 "2011-02-02T01:51:36Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > +1 for the Dead Milkmen reference. I saw them play in Ottawa way back in the 80’s Nah, he had a Shelby Cobra named the Blue Lady…which has never been found since his death… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/119 "2011-02-02T03:14:26Z")
> [@Jlizard](#): > > There are several of us trying to break out this truth. Um, why, exactly? Jim’s fingerprints are on file, and maybe his DNA too, so if he hasn’t chosen to go public why are you trying to force him? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrison-of-the-doors-is-alive-truly-having-faked-his-death-in-1971/569478/120 "2011-02-02T03:25:55Z")
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