Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger New York 1969

Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger in New York, 1969

Jimi Hendrix With Favorite Guitar Black Betty 1970

This photo of Jimi Hendrix with his favorite guitar 'Black Betty' was taken on September 17th, 1970, by his girlfriend Monika Danneman in the garden behind her apartment. Hendrix died the next day from a barbiturate-related asphyxia in London. He is said to have choked on his own vomit after taking a mixture of drugs, including a large dose of sleeping pills. There is no indication to suggest that Hendrix's death was a suicide, despite media speculation that it was.