According to the tour technician of Jimi Hendrix, James "Tappy" Wright, the legendary guitarist was killed by his manager michael jeffrey, some statements made in his new book "Rock Roadie", and where Wright tells that Jeffrey confessed to him that to claim Hendrix's life insurance he had supplied him with pills mixed with alcohol.
However, according to the police and official version, Jimi Hendrix who died in September 1970 at the Samarkand Hotel in London, caused by an ingestion of barbiturates and inhalation of his own vomit. But the alleged murderer, according to James, needed to be honest with him and told him his reasons for doing so: “I had to do it. For me, Jimi had more dead value than alive. That son of a bitch was going to leave me. If I lost it, I would lose it all”. Textual words of this controversial book.
Source | Musical Zone