I had a bad feeling Jimbo would end up at the bottom of this list.The media has certainly played up his drug use,drinking and death-defying stunts.However,there is no truth to the rumor that he was a dope fiend.He also hardly ever smoked cigarettes.His cocaine use,like almost everyone who was a rock star in the late 60s & early 70s was just occasional (coke wasn't nearly as common or popular then as it got in the 80s).Although he tripped his balls off early in his career,even that had tapered off a lot by the early 70s.His drug of choice was definately booze.He was quite unhappy with the band and had moved to Paris to pursue his true passion,Poetry.The events surrounding his actual demise are shrouded to this day in speculation and mystery.There was NEVER an autopsy,and the Doctor who signed the death certificate has never been located.Conspiracy theories abound,including suicide, murder,and most famously his faking his death.One of the more recent versions to come out involves his then girlfriend,Pam Courson,who WAS a heroin user,lying to him about a pile of powder on the nightstand.He did not approve of her heroin habit,and one source has said that Pam called her frantic stating that he asked her what it was and she said "cocaine",and believing this,he took a big snort.Since he was NOT a user,this amount of heroin,especially a strong batch,would certainly be lethal.Supposedly she and some "friends" put him in the tub in an attempt to revive him.One can easily see why this would be covered up for both their sakes.Friends said that Pam deteriorated rapidly when she came back to the US.She also died within a year or two.
