US EditionJim Morrison's Stolen Bust Recovered After 37 Years
- Paris police recovered the long-lost bust of Jim Morrison stolen from his Père Lachaise cemetery grave in May 1988.
- In 1981, a sculpture crafted by Croatian sculptor Mladen Mikulin was installed on Jim Morrison's grave to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the singer's passing.
- Authorities found the 128-kilogram white marble bust during a fraud investigation carried out by the Financial and Anti-Corruption Brigade.
- Benoît Gallot, the curator of the Père-Lachaise cemetery, mentioned that since the police have not reached out to him, he is uncertain if the bust will be restored to its original location.
- The discovery revives hope among fans that the iconic sculpture might return to Morrison's grave, a major pilgrimage site in Paris.
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Apparently, the chest of marble, which weighs 128 pounds, is not damaged, or at least more damaged than it was in 1988, the height in which it had already broken the nose and was covered by a bed of graffiti.
Jim Morrison’s bust was found after four decades. This Utahn tried to replace it in the early ’90s.
Nearly four decades ago, a 300-pound bust of psychedelic rock legend Jim Morrison of The Doors was stolen from his grave in Paris. On Monday, French police said the bust — covered in fan graffiti — was found during an unrelated investigation.
Jim Morrison’s Stolen Gravesite Bust Recovered After 37 Years
French authorities have recovered the long-missing bust of Jim Morrison, the iconic frontman of The Doors, nearly four decades after it was stolen from his grave at Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery. The 300-pound sculpture, crafted by Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin and installed in 1981 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Morrison’s death, vanished in 1988 under mysterious circumstances. The bust was discovered during an unrelated financial cor…
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