Jimi Hendrix Death Announcement RARE ABC News 1970

[nerblebun]

They totally failed to mention Hendrix served in the U.S. Army. 101'st Airborne.

[inkQbus2009]

???!! they said he was 28 yrs old? i thought he was 27??????

[victorseay]

It was a very different world then friends. Most television newscasts were ran by very conservative newspeople.

[RanetkiFan]

Show us the proof wako. The proof is in the pudding. What kind of drugs are you oh anyway... Merv fukin Griffin>?? haha, Your way OUT THERE dude. Keep tokin. lol

[Bopalena]

Jimi was murdered by the FBI, the CIA, the DEA, the FDA, 3 of the Beatles, 6 of the Hollywood Squares, 9 of the Osmonds, 7/8ths of the population of Parma, Ohio, Doris Day, Chuck Connors, Merv Griffin, Andy Griffith, Fabian, Fabio and Mel Blanc. I have charts and graphs to prove this.

[EzrinJem2]

@Bopalena Mel Blanc was in on it, too??? Tell me it isn't so! IS THERE NO JUSTICE???!!!!

[reddnec]

He was big before he od'd. Way big. You had to listen to fm underground, but it was there. He went out the way he came in, big.

[swimmer706]

@RyanAndrewDickson

I tried but they made me sick. Check out that famous blues man Pat Boone.

[TemperatureIndicator]

If there is a heaven, im gonna be partying with him all night long.

[rainmanx63]

If you lived back then you understand that there is nothing suprising about the attitude of the guy doing the report. The demographic that watched the evening news was very social conservitive in those days. You're parents and grandparents hated rock music, they watched Lawerace Welk and Porter Wagoner on TV. The attitude you see here with this guy is exactly where some of the inpiration for a lot of the music came from. It all fits together and is a part of history.

[tastybedsore]

it wasn't an overdoes.... and neither was jim morrison...

[tripjet999]

"The Jimi Hendrix Experience is over."

Funny, but I seem to remember the 5-Disc JH box set I bought on street date, 11/16/2010! Somewhat POPULAR, I understand!

[KristaDawn1985]

I just want to smack that stupid reporter!!! Talking about Jimi like he was beneath him! JIMI HENDRIX WAS A GOD COMPARED TO HIM! Yet, they talk about him like he was sh*t on a shoe...wtf?

[RanetkiFan]

@KristaDawn1985 I agree, he is a douche. Fact is the was an internal war going on in the country, straights vs the heads. They basically hated everyone with long hair and rock influenced, especally ones who were know to do drugs.

[mikeyalvarado]

@RanetkiFan he was also black, a black rocker was probably the worst back in the day. I mean it was 1970 but thats right after the civil rights movement. That guy was talented.

[sk8erguy011]

@RanetkiFan basically they hated hippies?

[TheJediCharles]

@RanetkiFan

"Was" going on?

America is still in a culture war, it's basically a non-violent civil war, for the hearts and minds of the population. The sides are European-imported, Secular Liberalism vs. Judeo-Christian, Conservative American exceptionalism. This video's near it's outset, the 60's counter culture movement. I find it rather surreal that a mainstream news reporter reveal a glimmer of non-leftist zeal, the utter reversal of today, as the media is an arm of the Democratic party.

[jonbrov1]

@KristaDawn1985 Jimi hendrix didn't become popular to the rest of America until after his death... Remember back then he was considered a stupid acid hippie.

[justbecause12]

@jonbrov1 he got big in america after his monterey performance in 1967 dude

[hagsagers]

went to his middle school and im gonna go to his high school

[dolina64]

They seem almost happy he died.

[RanetkiFan]

@dolina64  Yeah.. your right, I thought I was the only one that felt like that. Super straight azzholes LOL

[RastafariPoet]

@dolina64

Those people were the ones trying to get rid of the hippies and the drugs and all of that.

[dublin0850]

any body remember phil lynott he also died too early

[mayblob]

'The Jimi Hendrix Museum' on Union St, at Main St in Vancouver. A tiny, 100 year old storefront 3 blocks away. That's now enshrined and, saved from the wrecking ball. Only because of his frequent visits there.

[Thylovely4you]

how can any idiot, say the jimmy hendrix experience is over!!

he will live inside my heart forever, and all who listen to him, and feel him, inside out.

[spekulem]

NOTHING BUT A SECULAR SAINT. JUST LIKE LADY DI AND MJ. TOO BAD A SO CALLED CELEB OR ARTIST ETC...DOSEN'T KICK OFF EVERY DAY!!

[chavruta2000]

Disgraceful reporting. Just shows you how 'liberal' the media really is.

[darkxhino]

the club of 27

[Wonka275]

Jimi Hendrix will always make Elvis look like a PE teacher.

[thezaylady]

I live less than two miles from where's he's buried.

[RanetkiFan]

@thezaylady Have u been to his grave ? Is it accesable for anyone?

[lemurianchick]

LOL" "The Jimi Hendrix Experience is over." Well that was abrupt. And it's also funny how the whole cut-off age was 30.

[beelzabubba]

@lemurianchick ... At that time there was a big mantra about "Don't Trust Anyone Over 30!!"... perhaps you have heard it, maybe not, but it was a popular slogan at the time. I think that's where they got the number from.

[lemurianchick]

@beelzabubba : I get that. I just wondered how they designated the uncool age as 30 and over...

[chad1000444]

this is the man at work.

[TheGrownUpAdult]

Correction: Overuse of alcohol

[abar1204]

@TheGrownUpAdult Correction of Correction: alcohol is considered a drug

[KleverKellyQuips]

Legends never die...Amazing what an impact he has had on generations after his death.

[juggerfox]

"he should have been a millonaire, we don't know if he gave away his money, but we do know he's dead, overdosed" gee, good one there Jackson, you tell news like a pro

[masstrkiller]

His manager Mike Jeffries was bilking him out of his money and Hendrix knew it towards the end. Hendrix was broke because his manager was bilking him of his money.

[Rayoscope]

"The Jimi Hendrix Experience is over...", hilarious. ...Hendrix flailed his (cough) electric guitar into some of the most unusual sounds of an unusual music... Half-way decent, succint report by Gregory Jackson, whoever he was or is. A cut above a sound bite but still better coverage than CBS. Everbody seems vaguely exhausted, even relieved. In contrast, today they just wouldn't stop taking about it. A study in extremes.

[1worldcurrency]

They're relieved because he made them think too hard about stereotypes and art. Easier to just write him off as an overdose (not close to the truth).

[jimbobv8]

"his on stage gyrations made elvis look like a PE teacher" LOL :) RIP JIMI there will never be another talent like him.

[PsychedelicDrummer93]

All great musicians die. RIP JImi Hendrix

[Metallica4ever66]

@PsychedelicDrummer93 correction: Everybody dies. I know it's sad but i read in a magazine that it's true.. Just joking with you :)

[cshargeit]

nixon was president at the time. of course nixon was pro war anti marijuana. just think of all that together. then think about smoking in high school-- with the square high school authority.

[AshMan36O]

RIP Hendrix

[zimminkie]

Perfect example of the indifferent attitude of the media, at that time, towards a genius who didn't meet the "status quo." Also, read more, before you believe anything this guy says about Jimi's career...his was not an easy one...nor was he as "rich" as portrayed here... Very sad to watch.

[RanetkiFan]

Agreed, but it was what it was back then. I Lived through the 60s ajd 70s as a teen, so this news report was about the norm

[7855waldo]

@zimminkie - Yes, it was typical.  We'd figure out later why JH's death was hardly cause for grief among them, but their attitude about everything was so cold, so utilitarian, we figured they were reporting that yet another telephone pole or a dishwasher had crapped out. We figured differently.

[lemurianchick]

@zimminkie Just like The Beatles were not given Grammys during their heyday (I think they won Best New Artist or something at the beginning). Now everyone gets Grammys and it doesn't mean as much.

[dullsvillain]

His whole (famous ) career was only 4 years.....what fast lane stuff,

[fakeshadow89]

28????!

[RanetkiFan]

27 Just like janis joplin and Jim Morisson

[fakeshadow89]

agreed..

[meximetal96]

@RanetkiFan and robert johnson

[abar1204]

@RanetkiFan and kurt cobain

[shure234]

@RanetkiFan i thought jimi was 27 like janis and jim correct me if iam wrong

[goldphishie]

@shure234 No, your exactly right

[RanetkiFan]

@RanetkiFan 27 just like Janis, Jim and Kurt

[jcruzs3]

@RanetkiFan And Cliff Burton

[BeenBad4U]

Not rare at all, neither is the CBS announcement w/Walter Cronkite. Both have been all over UTube for years now...

Find the one from NBC news & post it, if it exists, now THAT'S rare!