JULY 3
TODAY IN 1973 DAVID BOWIE SHOCKED A CONCERT AUDIENCE IN BRITAIN BY SAYING HE WOULD RETIRE FROM LIVE PERFORMING. BUT IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE END OF “ZIGGY STARDUST,” NOT BOWIE. HE’D NEVER PLAY THE CHARACTER ON STAGE AGAIN.
TRAGEDY MARKED JULY 3RD IN ROCK HISTORY: IN 1969, FORMER ROLLING STONES GUITARIST BRIAN JONES WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS SWIMMING POOL…. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE WAS RECORDED AS “DEATH BY MISADVENTURE.”
…AND TWO YEARS LATER, IN 1971, ‘DOORS’ SINGER JIM MORRISON WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE BATHTUB OF HIS PARIS APARTMENT; THE OFFICIAL CAUSE IS LISTED AS “HEART ATTACK INDUCED BY RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.” BOTH MEN WERE JUST 27 YEARS OLD