Fact #62435
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Short story:
Johnny Thunders, ex-New York Dolls and Heartbreakers, dies in room 37 of the St Peter's House Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, aged 38. The cause of death is reported as 'drug-related".
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Willy DeVille (singer, Mink DeVille) : I don't know how the word got out that I lived next door, but all of a sudden the phone started ringing and ringing. Rolling Stone was calling, the Village Voice called, his family called, and then his guitar player called. I felt bad for all of them. It was a tragic end, and I mean, he went out in a blaze of glory, ha ha ha, so I thought I might as well make it look real good, you know, out of respect, so I just told everybody that when Johnny died he was laying down on the floor with his guitar in his hands. I made that up. When he came out of the St. Peter Guest House, rigor mortis had set in to such an extent that his body was in a U shape. When you're laying on the floor in a fetal position, doubled over – well, when the body bag came out, it was in a U. It was pretty awful.
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