Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison

Patricia Butler
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The softcover edition examines the turbulent relationship between legendary Doors frontman Jim Morrison and his common-law wife, Pamela Courson, tracing the lives of Courson and Morrison before their fateful meeting in 1965, their lives together until Morrison's death in 1971, and Coursin's life without Morrison, including her fight to gain the rights to his estate until her death from a heroin overdose on April 25, 1974.
Genres: MusicBiographyNonfictionRock N RollHistoryBiography MemoirRomancePop CultureAutobiography
256 Pages

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