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Death of Bria Jones

Great Britain · Arts / Popular Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1969

Brian Jones3 July 1969

Arts / Popular Music

Found at the bottom of his swimming pool surrounded by statues of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, although his death is found to have been by misadventure, to this day some regard the cause of the drowning a mystery

Brian Jones5 July 1969

Arts / Popular Music

The Rolling Stones perform a free concert in Hyde Park, two days after his Brian Jones death, before the concert began, Jagger read excerpts from "Adonais", a poem by Percy Shelley about the death of his friend John Keats

Brian JonesJuly 1969

Arts / Popular Music

Upon Brian Jones death, Pete Townshend writes a poem titled "A Normal Day For Brian, A Man Who Died Every Day" (printed in The Times)

Names involved

Brian Jones

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