Eric Cantona, with his debut single ‘The Friends We Lost,’ recently sat down with The Guardian. During the chat, he spoke of his admiration for The Doors and also mentioned a detail about the final hours of Jim Morrison‘s life.
Cantona first discussed his connection to the band’s music, sharing:
“It was a shock for me. The lyrics, the energy, the live performances. When I met them, my life changed completely. […] I meant spiritually. So I was inspired. ‘Break on Through (To the Other Side)’ and ‘The End’ are very cinematic. We feel the freedom of Jim Morrison in his songs.”
When asked about the last person to see Morrison alive, the singer simply answered:
“Agnes Varda.”
Without saying anything else, he went back to talk about his musical inspirations:
“The last ones who really inspired me were Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, and Daniel Johnston. […] I hate it when people try to be like somebody. We all have our own personalities, and I don’t want to be like somebody else. I tried to find my voice. So I never took lessons. And I found it. I feel completely in connection with my voice.”
Circling back to Cantona’s claim about Varda, it is true that she was among those who saw Morrison shortly before his passing. However, her firsthand account of his final days, shared by Classic Rock in 2021, suggests she wasn’t the last to see him.
Referring to the claims about her, she said:
“All I know is I saw Jim Morrison a few days before he died, and he didn’t look good. He was not in good shit – this I remember. Then Pamela called me in the morning, and she says he doesn’t look good. Alain calls me the day before, and Jim’s not in good shape – so it was nothing special. He wasn’t well. But look: I’m not the one holding his hand.”
The discussions about Jim Morrison’s death have gone on for many years. Despite many theories, the fact is that the former Doors vocalist was found dead in his Paris apartment’s bathtub, with the cause of death reported as heart failure.
