In a new book, Rock Roadie: Backstage and Confidential with Hendrix, Elvis, the “Animals”, Tina Turner, and an All-star Cast, from one-time Hendrix roadie, James “Tappy” Wright, makes the startling claim that Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager, Michael Jeffrey. James alleges that Michael Jeffrey made a drunken confession to him about a year after Hendrix’s death on September 18,  1970.

James remembers Michael Jeffrey saying: ‘I was in London the night of Jimi’s death and together with some old friends …we went round to Monika’s hotel room, got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth …then poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe.

‘I had to do it. Jimi was worth much more to me dead than alive. That son of a bitch was going to leave me. If I lost him, I’d lose everything.’

Allegedly, Michael Jeffrey had taken out a 2 million dollar life-insurance on Hendrix with himself as the beneficiary.

The exact circumstances surrounding Hendrix’s death have never been determined.

(via MailOnSunday.co.uk)