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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jim Morrison
| image              = Jim Morrison 1969.JPG
| alt                = Photograph of Jim Morrison looking into the camera.
| caption            = Morrison in 1968
| birth_place        = [[Melbourne, Florida]], U.S.
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1943|12|8}}
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1971|7|3|1943|12|8}}
| death_place        = [[Paris]], France
| death_cause = [[Heart failure]]
| resting_place      = [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]]
| alma_mater         = [[Florida State University]] (attended)<br>[[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.universityherald.com/articles/36879/20160810/jim-morrison-poet-artist-degree-cinematography.htm |title=Jim Morrison Was A Poet And An Artist With A Degree In Cinematography |date=August 10, 2016 |work=University Herald |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923021455/https://www.universityherald.com/articles/36879/20160810/jim-morrison-poet-artist-degree-cinematography.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|poet}}
| years_active       = 1963–1971
| other_names        = {{unbulleted list|The Lizard King|The American Poet|Jimbo|Mr. Mojo Risin'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01278z4 |title=Mr Mojo Risin' |date=June 29, 2011 |work=[[BBC Radio 2]] |access-date=April 8, 2014 |archive-date=September 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926203021/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01278z4 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| partner            = {{ubl|[[Pamela Courson]] (1965–1971)}}
| parents            = {{flatlist|
* [[George Stephen Morrison]]
* Clara Virginia Clarke}}
| father             = 
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed            = yes
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Micah L. |last=Issitt |title=Hippies: A Guide to an American Subculture |year=2009 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |page=13 |isbn=978-0-313-36572-0}}</ref>|[[blues rock]]|[[spoken word]]}}
| label            = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| past_member_of  = {{hlist|[[The Doors]]|[[Rick & the Ravens]]}}
| website          = {{URL|thedoors.com}}
}}
| signature          = Jim Morrison signature.svg
}}
'''James Douglas (Jim) Morrison''' (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an [[Americans|American]] musician. He was the lead [[singer]] of [[rock music|rock]] [[band]] [[The Doors]].

== Early years ==
Morrison was of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] descent. His father was an [[officer]] for the [[United States Navy]]. This meant that he moved around very often. Morrison did not have many friends and read many [[book]]s. When he went to [[high school]] in 1962, his [[teacher]] was amazed by his [[culture]]. In 1964 he went to the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA).

== The Doors ==
One day in [[Venice Beach]], Morrison saw [[Ray Manzarek]]. Manzarek had also gone to UCLA. Morrison sang some verses of ''[[Moonlight Drive]]''. Manzarek liked the [[intensity]] of the words to the [[song]] and asked Morrison to form a rock band with him. Morrison agreed and came up with the name "The Doors". The name was a reference of the [[Aldous Huxley]] book ''[[The Doors of Perception]]'' whose name came from a verse of the famous [[poet]] [[William Blake]]; "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." The Doors was formed by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger. In the beginning, Morrison would sing without looking the [[audience]]. After a while, he learned the play with them instead. He would jump and fall at stage with screams and jokes, inspired by rock idol Nick Serven.

Morrison became very famous all over the [[earth|world]] as a poet, singer and [[sex]] [[symbol]]. Morrison had a problem with [[alcoholic drink|alcohol]]. He drank a lot and later [[album]]s were not as good as the first one. He wrote more poems and thought about stopping his [[career]] with The Doors. He took some [[illegal drugs|drugs]] (mainly [[LSD]]) and become an [[addiction|addict]]. In 1969, in [[Miami]], it was said that he was drunk and "exposed" himself.

Morrison was inducted, as a member of [[The Doors]], into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1993.

== Death ==
The last album, ''[[L.A. Woman]]'' was released in 1971. It is thought to be one of the band's best albums. That year Morrison decided to take a break and go to [[Paris]]. On July 3, he was found [[death|dead]] in his [[bathroom]]. The cause of his death was [[heart failure]], although no official [[autopsy]] took place. Other people think it could have been a [[murder]]. His [[grave]] is at the [[Père-Lachaise]], at the same place as [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Molière]] and many other great poets and authors.

== Related pages ==
*[[List of poets from the United States]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Other websites ==
{{commonscat}}
* [http://www.thedoors.com/ The Doors Official Webpage]
* [http://musicchain.net/tag/Jim%20Morrison MusicChain - Jim Morrison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124420/http://musicchain.net/tag/Jim%20Morrison |date=2007-09-29 }}
* [http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/VideoFilm2/video.cfm?VID=22 Earliest film of Jim Morrison]
* [http://www.maniacworld.com/rare-lizard-king-interview.html Morrison interviewed at the Miami trial (video)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209004118/http://www.maniacworld.com/rare-lizard-king-interview.html |date=February 9, 2010 }}

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