Puzzling Celebrity Deaths That Still Remain a Mystery Today

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix was undoubtedly a guitar legend, referred to by the Rocka and Roll Hall of fame as "the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music," but the facts surrounding his death remain murky. Hendrix spent September 17, 1970 with his alleged girlfriend Monika Danneman, who was the only witness when he died. They shared a bottle of wine after dinner and stayed awake talking until 7 a.m. A few hours later, Danneman found Hendrix unconscious beside her. He died at the hospital.

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