Jim Morrison’s star burned brightly but faded fast. In the space of just three-and-a-half years, his band The Doors released six studio albums plus the searing in-concert recording Absolutely Live.

Morrison made his final album with The Doors, “L.A. Woman,” in 1971, and moved to Paris soon afterwards. There, on July 3, 1971, he was found dead in a bathtub.

Morrison made his final album with The Doors, “L.A. Woman,” in 1971, and moved to Paris soon afterwards. There, on July 3, 1971, he was found dead in a bathtub.

Morrison made his final album with The Doors, “L.A. Woman,” in 1971, and moved to Paris soon afterwards. There, on July 3, 1971, he was found dead in a bathtub.

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 ...

The Doors indeed were an accidental miracle. Manzarek and Morrison were fellow film school students at the University of California, Los Angeles, where Krieger was an undergraduate.

Morrison, the singer of Doors classics including “Light My Fire,” “Break on Through,” and “The End,” was found dead in a Paris bathtub at age 27 in 1971.

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. Woman — and the band's lead singer Jim Morrison died.

With unlimited access to The Doors’ vaults, this sumptuous anthology features interviews with surviving band members guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore, archival text from ...

The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek was the first person to run into Jim Morrison on Venice Beach in the summer of 1965. The two former UCLA classmates began talking about music.

Morrison made his final album with The Doors, “L.A. Woman,” in 1971, and moved to Paris soon afterwards. There, on July 3, 1971, he was found dead in a bathtub.

Morrison made his final album with The Doors, “L.A. Woman,” in 1971, and moved to Paris soon afterwards. There, on July 3, 1971, he was found dead in a bathtub.