Pamela Courson | |
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Born | Pamela Susan Courson December 22, 1946 Weed, California, U.S. |
Died | April 25, 1974 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 27)
Resting place | Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
Partner | Jim Morrison (1965–1971; his death) |
Pamela Susan Courson (December 22, 1946 – April 25, 1974) was the long-term companion of Jim Morrison, singer of the Doors. Courson stated she discovered Morrison's body in the bathtub of a Paris apartment in 1971. She died three years after him, in 1974. She was later legally recognized as his common-law wife.[1]