Jimi Hendrix Dead: Late Guitarist's Sister Reveals His 'Quiet' Life Away From Spotlight

Jimi Hendrix's sister revealed what the private life of the legendary guitarist looked like before his death.

Over 52 years since Hendrix was found dead in London, his sister Janie Hendrix took her time to open up about the musician's "very quiet, shy" life off-stage.

Along with the audio engineer Eddie Kramer, Janie sat for an interview with Shaun Keaveny via Zoom ahead of what would have been Hendrix's 80^th birthday. The interview also marked the release of "The Jimi Hendrix Experience Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969."

The music producer (as quoted by Far Out Magazine) revealed details about her brother's private life and described it as something "quiet."

"When he came home, he didn't have a guitar in his hand. He wanted to spend time with the family. We'd have these family forum discussions where we would all sit in a circle in the living room, and we'd want to ask Jimi a ton of questions," she said.

Janie added that Hendrix would always call home but refused to talk about himself. As he was one of the legendary musicians, the late guitarist reportedly felt he missed out on the most important occasions in his and his family's lives.

She added more information about Hendrix's love for Monopoly, that he always stayed up all night to play the classic board game.

Jimi Hendrix's Death

Hendrix was enjoying his popularity when his untimely death occurred on Sep. 18, 1970.

Police reports revealed that he died due to an alcohol and sleeping pills overdose. Meanwhile, his autopsy stated that "Hendrix aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with barbiturates."

His girlfriend at that time noted that Hendrix died in the ambulance while they were rushing him to a hospital. Medical responders tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at 12:45 pm that day.

The book "Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix" by Philip Norman revealed that Hendrix showed signs of extreme exhaustion after a tour. It also disclosed his trouble sleeping which made him become dependent on the sleeping tablet called Vesperax.

Despite the confirmation of Jimi Hendrix's cause of death, theories emerged claiming that the government was involved in his death and that he consumed a massive amount of wine. Neither of these conspiracy theories was proven true.

He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery on Oct. 1, 1970.

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