LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 13, 2019…ON THIS DATE FORTY NINE YEARS AGO, JANIS JOPLIN’S ASHES WERE SCATTERED AT STINSON BEACH IN MARIN COUNTY. JOPLIN WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE FLOOR BESIDE HER BED AT THE LANDMARK HOTEL IN HOLLYWOOD ON OCTOBER 4TH 1970. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS AN OVERDOSE OF HEROIN, POSSIBLY COMBINED WITH THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL. SHE LEFT $1,500 IN HER WILL FOR A FUNERAL PARTY. THE PARTY WAS HELD IN SAN ANSELMO ON WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORMING FOR THE GUESTS. HER MUSIC IS TIMELESS, AND JOPLIN REMAINS ONE OF THE TOP SELLING ARTISTS OF ALL TIME, TO DATE SELLING OVER 18 MILLION COPIES.
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