Editing Brian Jones (section)

=== Death ===
[[File:Brian Jones grave stone Cheltenham 2019.jpg|thumb|Jones's grave in Cheltenham Cemetery during the 50th anniversary of his death in 2019.]]
At around midnight on the night of 2–3 July 1969, Jones was discovered motionless at the bottom of his swimming pool at Cotchford Farm. His Swedish girlfriend, Anna Wohlin, was convinced he was alive when he was taken out of the pool, insisting he still had a pulse. However, by the time the doctors arrived, it was too late, and he was pronounced [[dead on arrival]] at the hospital at the [[27 Club|age of 27]]. The coroner's report stated it was a drowning, later clarified as "[[death by misadventure]]", and noted his liver and heart were greatly enlarged by past drug and alcohol abuse.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|p=329}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jul/08/archive-brian-jones-death-1969 |title=From the archive, 8 July 1969: Jones drowned while 'drunk and drugged' |date=8 July 2011 |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 March 2020 |archive-date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117071338/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jul/08/archive-brian-jones-death-1969|url-status=live}}</ref>

Upon Jones's death, [[the Who]]'s [[Pete Townshend]] wrote a poem titled "A Normal Day for Brian, A Man Who Died Every Day" (printed in ''[[The Times]]''); [[Jimi Hendrix]] dedicated a song to him on US television; and [[Jim Morrison]] of [[the Doors]] published a poem titled "Ode to L.A. While Thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased".<ref>{{cite web |author=Max A.K. |url=http://www.people.nnov.ru/thedoors/wilderness2.htm |title=Ode to L.A. While Thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased |publisher=People.nnov.ru |access-date=10 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026211819/http://www.people.nnov.ru/thedoors/wilderness2.htm |archive-date=26 October 2013 }}</ref> Coincidentally, Hendrix and Morrison both died within the following two years, with Morrison's death falling on the same date as Jones's. All three died at the age of 27.<ref name=27C>{{cite web |title=The 27 Club: Musicians Who Died Young |url=http://www.upvenue.com/music-news/blog-headline/1026/the-27-club-musicians-who-died-at-27-years-old.html |work=UpVenue |access-date=19 August 2012 |archive-date=29 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629165645/http://www.upvenue.com/music-news/blog-headline/1026/the-27-club-musicians-who-died-at-27-years-old.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll |url=http://the27club.the27s.com/Forever27.html |work=The27s.com |access-date=18 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122102943/http://the27club.the27s.com/Forever27.html |archive-date=22 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 5 July 1969, which was only two days after Jones's death, the Rolling Stones had been scheduled to perform [[The Stones in the Park|a free concert]] in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]]. The concert had originally been promoted weeks earlier as the first public appearance of Mick Taylor as the band's new guitarist. The band decided instead to dedicate their upcoming Hyde Park performance to the memory of Jones. At the beginning of the concert, Jagger took the stage to read excerpts from "[[Adonais]]", a poem by [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] about the death of his friend [[John Keats]]. Stagehands then released hundreds of white butterflies from the stage area as a tribute to Jones. Afterwards, the band played a [[Johnny Winter]] song that was one of Jones's favourites, "I'm Yours and I'm Hers", with Taylor on slide guitar.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Jones was reportedly buried {{convert|10|ft|m|0}} deep in [[Bouncer's Lane Cemetery, Cheltenham|Cheltenham Cemetery]] to prevent exhumation by trophy hunters. His body was embalmed, with hair bleached white, and was placed in an air-tight silver and bronze casket.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web |author=Hobley, Trevor [psychimedia] |date=14 April 2009 |title=The Psychic Detective – Brian Jones Case (3/5) [Video File] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t3GaobXyEQ |publisher=YouTube |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822093730/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t3GaobXyEQ&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Watts and Wyman were the only Rolling Stones who attended the funeral. Mick Jagger and [[Marianne Faithfull]] were travelling to Australia to begin the filming of ''[[Ned Kelly (1970 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' and stated that their contracts did not allow them to delay the trip to attend the funeral.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

When asked if he felt guilty about Jones's death, Mick Jagger told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 1995: "No, I don't really. I do feel that I behaved in a very childish way, but we were very young, and in some ways, we picked on him. But, unfortunately, he made himself a target for it; he was very, very jealous, very difficult, very [[Psychological manipulation|manipulative]], and if you do that in this kind of a group of people, you get back as good as you give, to be honest. I wasn't understanding enough about his drug addiction. No one seemed to know much about drug addiction. Things like [[LSD]] were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you."<ref name="jaggerremembers">{{cite magazine |last=Wenner |first=Jann S. |title=Jagger Remembers |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=14 December 1995 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mick_jagger_remembers |access-date=4 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622012856/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mick_jagger_remembers |archive-date=22 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Wyman said in 2002, "As the years go by, I become even more convinced that he's entitled to a free pardon. Brian Jones is a legend, and his legacy is there for all to hear. While the Rolling Stones damaged all of us in some way, Brian was the only one that died."<ref>{{cite book|first=Bill|last= Wyman|title=Rolling with the Stones|title-link=Rolling with the Stones|publisher= Dorling Kindersley|isbn= 978-0-7894-8967-8|year= 2002}}</ref>

====Murder theory====
Theories surrounding Jones's death developed soon afterwards, with associates of the Stones claiming to have information that he was murdered.<ref name = "phil">{{cite book|first=Philip|last= Norman|title=The Stones: The Definitive Biography|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year= 2011|chapter= 12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Southwell|first1=David|last2=Twist|first2=Sean|title=Conspiracy Files: Paranoia, Secrecy, Intrigue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42nZ26UcutEC|year=2004|publisher=Random House Value Publishing|isbn=978-0-517-22446-5|page=16|access-date=28 August 2020|archive-date=29 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829091115/https://books.google.com/books?id=42nZ26UcutEC|url-status=live}}</ref> According to rock biographer [[Philip Norman (author)|Philip Norman]], "the murder theory would bubble back to the surface every five years or so".<ref name = "phil"/> In 1993, it was reported that Jones was murdered by Frank Thorogood, a builder who was doing construction work on the property. He was the last person to see Jones alive. Thorogood allegedly confessed the murder to the Rolling Stones' driver Tom Keylock,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perrone |first1=Pierre |title=Tom Keylock: Rolling Stones fixer from the 1960s |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tom-keylock-rolling-stones-fixer-from-the-1960s-1783820.html |access-date=29 August 2020 |work=Independent |date=9 September 2009 |archive-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819203803/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tom-keylock-rolling-stones-fixer-from-the-1960s-1783820.html |url-status=live }}</ref> who later denied this.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|pp=328–329}} The Thorogood theory was dramatised in the 2005 film ''[[Stoned (film)|Stoned]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Eric|last= Segalstad & Josh Hunter|title=The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll|title-link=The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll|publisher= Samadhi Creations|isbn=978-0-615-18964-2|year= 2009}}</ref> Thorogood is alleged to have killed Jones in a fight over money; he had been paid £18,000 for work on Cotchford Farm but he wanted another £6,000.<ref name="nme">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/fresh-evidence-rolling-stones-brian-jones-murder-new-netflix-documentary-2533208|title=Fresh evidence on The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones's 'murder' appears in new Netflix documentary|website=[[NME]]|date=29 July 2019|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=30 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130212500/https://www.nme.com/news/music/fresh-evidence-rolling-stones-brian-jones-murder-new-netflix-documentary-2533208|url-status=live}}</ref> The killing is alleged to have been covered up by senior police officers when they discovered how badly the investigation into Jones's death had been botched by the local police.<ref name="nme"/>

In August 2009, [[Sussex Police]] decided to conduct a case review of Jones's death for the first time since 1969 after new evidence was handed to them by Scott Jones, an [[investigative journalism|investigative journalist]], who had traced many of the people who were at Brian Jones's house the night he died. The journalist had also uncovered unseen police files held at the [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]]. In 2010, following the review, Sussex Police stated it would not be reopening the case. It asserted that "this has been thoroughly reviewed by Sussex Police's Crime Policy and Review Branch, but there is no new evidence to suggest that the coroner's original verdict of 'death by misadventure' was incorrect".<ref>{{cite web |title=Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones 'murdered', his daughter claims |url=https://news.sky.com/story/rolling-stones-founder-brian-jones-discovered-dead-50-years-ago-today-11755781 |publisher=Sky News |access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> Jones's children John and Barbara believe that their father was murdered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/daughter-rolling-stones-founder-brian-174129804.html |title=Daughter of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones claims her father was murdered |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]] |last=Young |first=Alex}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/rolling-stones-brian-jones-rare-interview/ |title=Watch a rare and heartbreaking interview with Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones |date=20 May 2022 |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=[[Far Out Magazine]] |last=Lee |first=Thomas-Mason}}</ref> Barbara appears in the 2019 documentary ''Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones'' which pushes the theory of the murder.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2023/06/07/flashback-brian-jones-leaves-the-rolling-stones-4/ |title=Flashback: Brian Jones Leaves The Rolling Stones |date=7 June 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Vermilion County First |author= Staff}}</ref><ref name=Afton/>