Joe Rogan Experience #2564 - Chuck Lorre · Aired Oct 13, 2026
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Joe Rogan speculates that Jimi Hendrix may have been murdered for his manager's financial benefit.
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Rogan hedged ('perhaps', 'a little sketchy') and was relaying a real theory. It comes from a 2009 book by former roadie James 'Tappy' Wright, who said manager Michael Jeffery confessed to killing Hendrix for insurance money. Rogan called Wright a bodyguard. The account is one uncorroborated claim, Hendrix's US manager calls it a 'giant lie', and the death was recorded as accidental suffocation. Independent evidence, such as new records or a second witness, supporting the murder claim would change this.
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Is it true that Joe Rogan speculates that Jimi Hendrix may have been murdered for his manager's financial benefit?
It leaves out the other side. Rogan hedged ('perhaps', 'a little sketchy') and was relaying a real theory. It comes from a 2009 book by former roadie James 'Tappy' Wright, who said manager Michael Jeffery confessed to killing Hendrix for insurance money. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2564 - Chuck Lorre, aired Oct 13, 2026, at 58:55. The supporting source is ultimateclassicrock.com, linked below.
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