Jim Morrison and keyboardist Ray Manzarek, a fellow UCLA film student, founded The Doors in 1965. At the time, Morrison was living in the Los Angeles’ bohemian neighborhood of Venice Beach and ...

At first, as an impressionable 13-year-old, I thought Jim Morrison was pretty cool. He sang in a deep, evocative baritone that seemed to signify a mix of sexual mystique and disturbing morbidity.

“‘Jim Morrison, OK. Listen, great to meet you. I’m sorry about that whole uhh,’ you know, what they were getting him for, some sort of,” Simon said, before Maron helped her out.

Singer Jim Morrison of The Doors with girlfriend Pamela Courson during a 1969 photo shoot at Bronson Caves in the Hollywood Hills, California. Morrison died in the early morning hours of July 3, 1971.

FILE- This Sept. 7, 1971 file photo shows the grave of Jim Morrison, lead singer of the rock group “The Doors,” at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette,File) ...

Jim Morrison’s brother, Andy Morrison, gave a rare interview about the late Doors frontman in the new docuseries Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison. While theories have abounded in the ...

Her brother, Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, died 50 years ago; he was just 27. But he left behind boxes filled with journals, poems and handwritten lyrics of what would become hit songs.

Jim Morrison performing with The Doors, London, September 1968. Related: Jim Morrison's Brother Reflects on His Final Days in Rare Interview More Than 50 Years After Rocker's Death ...

In 1981, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Jim Morrison's death, Croatian sculptor Mladen Mikulin created a white marble bust of the singer to be placed atop his gravesite. Over the ensuing ...

“The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics” (Harper Design, 584 pp., out Tuesday) gathers in one definitive volume Morrison’s prodigious artistic output.

Jim Morrison was not legally married when he died On July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison of The Doors died. He was 27 years old. Morrison was living in Paris when he died.