Uzalelwe kwisixeko saseMelika saseSeattle, uJimmy Hendrix Ungomnye weempawu ezintle zerock kunye nomnye wala manani asweleke esemncinci kwaye akhulisa intsomi emngqongileyo.
Ngomso, ngoLwesibini, uHendrix uya kuba neminyaka engama-65 ubudala. Imvumi yayisisithixo sentshukumo yamahippie eUnited States kwaye yayiphatha isiginkci ukuya kwiziseko.
Ukusweleka kwakhe kwenzeka ngoSeptemba 18, 1970, xa wayeneminyaka engama-27 kuphela ubudala. Nanamhlanje oonobangela bokwenyani bokufa kwakhe abaziwa; abanye bathetha ngokudlula ngaphezulu kunye nokuzibulala.