This story originally aired on Sept. 1, 2021. Fifty years ago, on July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison — lead singer of the rock group The Doors — died in Paris. It was the first year of NPR and Mike Walters, ...

Robbie Krieger didn't stop writing during Jim Morrison's legal troubles. The end result was The Doors' hit "Love Her Madly".

It’s been 50 years since Robby Krieger lost his pal Jim Morrison – and now he’s ready to set the record straight. The Doors’ guitarist has a new memoir titled "Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, ...

Say Jim Morrison’s name and a picture of an enigmatic, controversial and tragic rock star fills the mind. In his few years as The Doors frontman, Morrison’s brooding lyrics, sinewy sexuality, ...

Upon the release of their eponymous debut in 1967, Jim Morrison and the rest of The Doors joined a tidal wave of evolving rock ‘n’ roll that would come to define the latter half of the decade with its ...

As part of NPR's 50th anniversary, we're looking back at other cultural milestones of 1971. That year The Doors released their final album L.A.... The Doors' Jim Morrison Died In 1971, The Same Year ...