rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london according to a police source from an overdose of drugs. janice joplin was found dead last night. the cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. >> jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock-music group, is dead. he was 27. >> the early years of the '70s are sad in music. because you lose people. >> and you lose the beatles. >> the small gathering on salvo row is only the beginning. the event is so momentous that historians may, one day, view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. >> it was like a death for a lot of people. rock and roll, as we understood, in the 1960s, was no longer with us.