This story originally aired on Sept. 1, 2021. Fifty years ago, on July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison — lead singer of the rock group The Doors — died in Paris. It was the first year of NPR and Mike Walters, ...

Jim Morrison’s sudden death at age 27 remains shrouded in mystery. The singer-songwriter and lead vocalist for the rock band The Doors was at the height of his career when he moved to Paris with his ...

PARIS (AP) — Police have found a bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen nearly four decades ago from the Paris grave that has long been a place of pilgrimage for fans of the legendary Doors singer and ...

It’s been 50 years since Robby Krieger lost his pal Jim Morrison – and now he’s ready to set the record straight. The Doors’ guitarist has a new memoir titled "Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, ...

Upon the release of their eponymous debut in 1967, Jim Morrison and the rest of The Doors joined a tidal wave of evolving rock ‘n’ roll that would come to define the latter half of the decade with its ...

As part of NPR's 50th anniversary, we're looking back at other cultural milestones of 1971. That year The Doors released their final album L.A.... The Doors' Jim Morrison Died In 1971, The Same Year ...