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RIP Jim Morrison's father, 89
« on: December 11, 2008, 10:41:15 AM »
Jim Morrison's dad recently passed. He has an interesting bio himself:
George Morrison, a former Navy rear admiral and the father of Jim Morrison, the late singer with The Doors, died Nov 17...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obit-morrison-daddec11,0,1124834.story
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Re: RIP Jim Morrison's father, 89
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 10:07:07 PM »
Quote from: Wayback on December 11, 2008, 10:41:15 AM
Jim Morrison's dad recently passed. He has an interesting bio himself:
George Morrison, a former Navy rear admiral and the father of Jim Morrison, the late singer with The Doors, died Nov 17...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obit-morrison-daddec11,0,1124834.story

As someone somewhere else remarked, it must have galled him to no end that after all the things he did, he was destined to be remembered by history as "Jim Morrison's dad."
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Re: RIP Jim Morrison's father, 89
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2008, 10:33:39 PM »
Quote from: Gazoo on December 11, 2008, 10:07:07 PM
Quote from: Wayback on December 11, 2008, 10:41:15 AM
Jim Morrison's dad recently passed. He has an interesting bio himself:
George Morrison, a former Navy rear admiral and the father of Jim Morrison, the late singer with The Doors, died Nov 17...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obit-morrison-daddec11,0,1124834.story
As someone somewhere else remarked, it must have galled him to no end that after all the things he did, he was destined to be remembered by history as "Jim Morrison's dad."
Sure, in the context of this rock-oriented forum, he's "Jim Morrison's dad."  I'm sure to older folks and military types, he's "Admiral George Morrison."
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