The Cemetery of Rock
R.I.P.
Gram Parsons
of The Byrds
Date of Birth: November 5, 1946
Date of Death: September 19, 1973
Cause of Death: Overdosed on a Tequila and Morphine cocktail in the desert.
Apparently his friend and manager Phil Kaufman kidnapped his coffin and
set it on fire at the Joshua Tree National Monument.
Final Resting Place: Garden of Memories Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Claim to Fame: Influential rock pioneer.
