Somewhere along the line during our stay in Paris, the faint memory was recalled that lead vocalist of The Doors, Jim Morrison, had died and been buried in Paris. Images were evoked in my mind of the carved bust adorning his grave, surrounded by a constant stream of flowers. I soon learned that the cemetery where he was buried in Paris, Pere-Lachaise, is also the resting place of Frederic Chopin, Sarah Bernhardt, and other historical figures. Jacques-Louis David, court painter to Napoleon, is also buried there. However, as his revolutionary activities prevented him from entering France after exile, after his death, only his heart could be allowed into France to be interred in Pere-Lachaise. In background reading, I learned that Jim Morrison and his common-law wife, Pamela, resided on Rue Beautreillis where we had walked
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