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Jim Morrison bust stolen from Doors singer’s Paris grave in the ‘80s has finally been recovered
Police have found a bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen nearly four decades ago from the Paris grave that has long been a ...
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This 300-Pound Bust Was Stolen From Jim Morrison’s Grave in 1988. French Police Just Recovered It
Created for the tenth anniversary of the Doors frontman's death in 1971, the bust stood on his grave in the famous Père ...
Jim Morrison Statue Found 37 Years After It Was Stolen from the Doors Singer’s Grave
French police have broken through to the other side of a cold case. Authorities uncovered a statue of Jim Morrison, the late ...
Marble bust of rock legend Jim Morrison found, 37 years after it disappeared
Vanishing without a trace in 1988, the stolen marble bust of rock legend Jim Morrison ignited decades of mystery and ...
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Take a peaceful walk through Père Lachaise Cemetery
A cemetery as a tourist attraction? If any city can pull it off, it's Paris. Covering nearly 110 acres of the 20th arrondissement (district), the Père-Lachaise Cemetery is considered one of the ...
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He Oversees Père-Lachaise Cemetery, and Lives There, Too.
Benoît Gallot in Père-Lachaise Cemetery, which he finds “serene” but not morbid.Credit...Julien Mignot for The New York Times In a new book, Benoît Gallot explains what it takes to run ...
A Statue of Jim Morrison Vanished in 1988. It Just Reappeared in an Unexpected Twist.
Some of that was Morrison’s own myth-making; he long claimed that as a child, he witnessed the aftermath of a car accident ...
Jim Morrison bust found by chance during police search — 37 years after it was stolen from singer's grave
The sculpture, missing since 1988, was found during a search tied to a fraud case led by the Paris public prosecutor's office ...
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Jim Morrison's bust found nearly 40 years after it was stolen from Paris cemetery
The bust taken in 1988 from Père-Lachaise cemetery was found during an unrelated investigation conducted by a financial anti-corruption unit, Paris police said in an Instagram post Monday.
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The Doors frontman Jim Morrison's stolen grave bust recovered after 37 years
Morrison died at age 27 in Paris and was buried at Père Lachaise cemetery. A decades-long cold case has been put to rest thanks to the French police. In an Instagram post shared on Friday ...
Jim Morrison’s stolen grave bust found after 37 years
A sculpture of the late American singer and poet Jim Morrison that went missing from his gravesite in Paris almost four decades ago has been found, according to French police.