Jim Morrison’s brother reflects on Doors Singer’s final days

Jim Morrison‘s brother, Andy Morrisongave a rare interview about the late Doors frontman in the new docuseries Before the end: looking for Jim Morrison.

While theories have abounded in the years since the rocker was found dead in 1971, Andy offered a simple explanation for his brother’s death.

“His lifestyle [killed him]. He clearly drank too much,” Andy said on the series. “I think he was overweight by then and you know, if you’re not in good health and you drink too much and you do some drugs, it’s not that hard to do that.”

Jim’s body was found on July 3, 1971 in the bathtub of a Paris apartment rented by his then-girlfriend. Pamela Course. His official cause of death was listed as heart failure, but an autopsy was never performed as it was not required by French law.

The new docuseries explores the conspiracy theory, long held by some Doors fans, that Jim faked his own death to escape the pressures of leading a world-famous rock band.

At the very least, Jim left the United States for Paris to take a break from The Doors after the band finished their album. LA woman.

‘I think he actually wanted to start writing seriously again. And maybe he had outgrown the Doors thing, that would have been enough,” Andy said For the end. “Whether he was 100 percent ready, I don’t think so. I think he just needed a break.”

Doors guitarist a few years ago Robby Krieger rejected theories that his former bandmate was still alive somewhere, in part because he doesn’t think Jim could have really left music behind.

Related: Celebrity deaths in 2025: stars we lost this year

From filmmakers to artists, Hollywood lost several stars in 2025. On January 4, news broke that Aubrey Plaza’s husband, Jeff Baena, died a day earlier at the age of 47. According to medical examiner records viewed by Us Weekly, Baena died by suicide. “This is an unimaginable tragedy,” Plaza’s representative said in a statement to Us […]

“When he went to Paris, supposedly to get away from everything, all he did was jump on stage with these pinball house bands, get drunk and sing,” Krieger, 79, said. People in 2021. “He couldn’t stop himself from doing that. That’s why I know he’s dead. Because if he were still alive, he would be on stage somewhere.”

Krieger didn’t hate that Doors keyboardist either Ray Manzarek occasionally fanned the flames by hinting that Jim might still be alive. (Manzarek died in 2013 at the age of 74.)

“I always enjoyed talking to Ray, and he always said, ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if Jim showed up.’ And I always thought, ‘Come on, man, you don’t really believe that, do you?’” Krieger said Classic rock magazine in 2020. “Those were pretty much bulls…. Yeah, he didn’t have to do that.”