Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970, in London from asphyxiation caused by choking on his own vomit after an overdose of barbiturate sleeping pills. The autopsy concluded that he aspirated his vomit while intoxicated with barbiturates, specifically after taking an excessive amount of Vesparax sleeping tablets—about 18 times the recommended dose—and consuming red wine

. On the morning of his death, Hendrix was found unresponsive and covered in vomit in the apartment of his girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, at the Samarkand Hotel. Paramedics arrived and transported him to St Mary Abbots Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m.

. There are some conspiracy theories suggesting foul play, including claims that his manager might have been involved, but these remain unproven and the official cause remains an accidental overdose leading to asphyxiation