On This Day, Sept. 18, 1970: Jimi Hendrix died at age 27

On This Day, Sept. 18, 1970 ... Rocker Jimi Hendrix died after being found unconscious at London’s Samarkand Hotel. A coroner later ruled he died after asphyxiating on his own vomit after taking barbiturates. Hendrix was only 27 years old when he...

New York street officially named after Jimi Hendrix

When the "Crosstown Traffic" gets too heavy in New York City, drivers can now turn onto Jimi Hendrix Way.A block in Greenwich Village that includes 52 West 8th St. — the address of Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios — was