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Bust of The Doors' Jim Morrison, stolen from Père Lachaise cemetery, found 37 years later

In 1981, for the tenth anniversary of his death at the age of 27, a sculpture was installed on the grave of legendary American singer-poet Jim Morrison at Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. The ...
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What connects Fredéric Chopin, Marcel Proust and Jim Morrison? A final resting place

The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Père Lachaise. This slim volume by Benoît Gallot, its enthusiastic head conservator since 2018, is as crammed with quirky ...
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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. “After 37 years of ...
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‘It’s an archive of Paris’: Why you should visit Père Lachaise cemetery – with Edith Piaf among famous graves

Steaming coffee in hand, I’m admiring Le Radeau de la Méduse – the Raft of the Medusa – on a crisp morning in Paris. But I’m not at the Louvre, or any of the (many) galleries and museums. Instead, I’m ...