Jim Morrison’s Last Interview

Having just done two television interviews, one for a crew from Milan (for RAI Italia) and another for a British producer (for BBC in the UK and VH1 in the US), it's dawning on me that we are approaching the 40th anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison.

The Doors' lead singer and rabble-rouser died in July 1971 in Paris, at age 27.

These programs, however, are being timed for the anniversary of the Doors' last album with him, L.A. Woman. At least the BBC/VH1 production is; it'll air Sept. or Oct...

Anyway, a few months before Jim's death, I'd run into him in West Hollywood -- our first meeting ever -- and a chat turned into an interview, of sorts. It's now known as his final one before going to Paris, where he sought to be a poet and filmmaker. In July, he was dead, and I wrote his obituary for Rolling Stone.

A couple of years ago, a San Francisco video producer, Steven Marra, grabbed me for a mini-doc about the incident. Now, you can beat the anniversary rush by taking a look at The Last Interview