Although the details of Hendrix’s last day and death are widely disputed, he spent much of September 17, 1970, in London with Monika Dannemann, the only witness to his final hours. Dannemann said that she prepared a meal for them at her apartment in the Samarkand Hotel, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill, sometime around 11 p.m., when they shared a bottle of wine.
She drove Hendrix to the residence of an acquaintance at approximately 1:45 a.m., where he remained for about an hour before she picked him up and drove them back to her flat at 3 a.m. Dannemann said they talked until around 7 a.m., when they went to sleep. She awoke around 11 a.m., and found Hendrix breathing, but unconscious and unresponsive.
It was on October first, 52 years ago this week, that Jimi Hendrix was finally laid to rest in his hometown of Seattle.
The Reverend Harold Blackburn officiated the service. A close family friend of the Hendrixes, Patronella Wright, sang spirituals, and Freddie Maye Gautier delivered the eulogy, reading the words to Jimi's song, "Angel." After a chorus of "When the Saints Go Marching in," Jimi's casket was lowered into the grave. Jimi was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Renton where he rests today nearby to his mother and father.
Among the mourners were Noel Redding, and drummer, Mitch Mitchell, Miles Davis, Johnny Winter, all the members of Derek & the Dominoes, including Eric Clapton. Contrary to popular belief, Eric Burdon, ex-lead singer of the Animals, and a good friend of Jimi's, didn't attend the funeral. He stated that Jimi hated Seattle, and he thought it was improper to bury him there. Just the same, that is where he is, and where he will remain...
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