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Florida to Wipe Jim Morrison's Indecent Exposure Conviction

Band members still insist he never showed anything

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 9, 2010 8:29 AM CST

(Newser) – Jim Morrison was appealing his conviction for indecent exposure when he died in 1971. Nearly 40 years later, he'll finally get his wish: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will pardon Morrison today, a day after the Doors singer would have turned 67. Surviving band members still insist Morrison never actually exposed himself at the 1969 Miami concert, though he did tease the crowd.

"He was just doing a mind trip—as they would say—a mind trip on the audience and they totally fell for it," says Ray Manzarek, noting that Morrison was extremely drunk at the time—but even so, "it never actually happened. It was mass hypnosis." Crist started considering a pardon in 2007, and recently got a commitment for enough votes to approve it, the AP reports.

James Morrison of The Doors in an undated file photo.
James Morrison of The Doors in an undated file photo.   (AP Photo, File)
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We were watching and waiting because it was obvious that's where he was going with it. I just remembered thinking, 'Yes, it's going to happen! It's going happen! It's going to happen!' And it never did.
- Audience member Helene Davis

He actually unzipped and pulled his pants down a little bit, enough where you can see everything. I do remember being shocked when that happened, and definitely it happened. I can still picture it like it was yesterday.
- Audience member Lee Winer

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COMMENTS
Showing 2 of 3 comments
RacingCowboy
Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM CST
This just in from the Department of Meaningless Gestures...
MDD
Dec 9, 2010 10:30 AM CST
Why??? Who cares?

 
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