Jimi Hendrix: Was It Really an Overdose—Or Something More Sinister

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The official story claimed a tragic overdose—but the circumstances around Jimi Hendrix’s death have never stopped raising questions. Jimi Hendrix: A Perfect Murder? investigates the conflicting accounts, mysterious details, and whether foul play was covered up in the death of a rock legend.  Watch it this Friday on REELZ or stream anytime on REELZ+ at reelzplus.com Available on Roku, Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.

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00:01September 18th, 1970.

00:03A London ambulance responds to a desperate phone call.

00:06A few hours later, it's all over the news.

00:09Guitar legend, Jimi Hendrix, has died.

00:13The Jimi Hendrix experience is over.

00:16The acid rock musician died today in a London hospital,

00:19apparently from an overdose of drugs.

00:22The police don't investigate,

00:24but others have their doubts.

00:26You couldn't believe that it was an accident.

00:29Rumors start to spread.

00:32She says that Jimi had been murdered.

00:35One name is in the frame.

00:37You have a secret service.

00:39A friend of Jimi's decides to investigate

00:41and finds a web of lies hiding the truth.

00:45I just wanted to know exactly what happened to him.

00:48With exclusive access to those who knew him well.

00:51When I went on tour with Jimi, I was having so much fun,

00:53and the girls were just pouring in.

00:56And with a unique insight into the private life of a superstar,

01:00we revealed the shocking truth behind the death of Jimi Hendrix.

01:04and I was trying to say that in a while.

01:05I was trying to get a moment of time.

01:07I was trying to get my baby from a friend

01:09to a girl to a girl.

01:11To tell her the truth.

01:12I got it!

01:13You've been sitting there for a while now.

01:15I got the studio that was just me.

01:16I got the camera and I got the camera,

01:19and now I got it!

01:20I got it!

01:21I got it!

01:22I have to say!

01:23I'm hiding, I got it!

01:24I got it.

01:26I'm hiding it.

01:27I think I'm hiding.

01:28I'm hiding it!

01:29I gotta go so long...

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