JIMI HENDRIX - "I'm The One That Has To Die When It's Time For Me To Die, So Let Me Live My Life, The Way I Want To"

September 23, 2008, 16 years ago

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JIMI HENDRIX remains an icon in the world of rock-and-roll. Baby boomers are obviously big Hendrix collectors because they grew up with his music and loved it.

His records, posters and photographs have transcended function and are now sought-after just because the name Hendrix is attached to them.

On June 25, Christie's, New York, featured a selection of Hendrix items in its Pop Culture sale.

A 45 RPM Record; Jimi Hendrix Experience- Hey Joe/Stone Free; signed on top left corner; 7 inches by 7 inches sold for $4,375.

A Polaroid photograph; of Hendrix jamming with members of his short-lived band 'Gypsy Sun and the Rainbows'; signed on the back of the photo; 4 ½ inches by 3 ½ inches sold for $3,250.

"I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to," Hendrix said.

In the end the pop icon lived the life he chose.

As he had predicted two weeks earlier in a 1970 interview in Denmark, Hendrix died. He never reached his 28th birthday.

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