July 3, 1969. The day on which the founder of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones drowns in his swimming pool – The Point

For the past six months, Brian Jones was offered the villa of A. A. Milne, creator of Winnie the pooh. It is then the largest camé of Great Britain. He donned each day is enough to pose a elephant. Become unable to play, he is fired by the Rolling Stones, which yet he is the founder, by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. They accuse him of being now, because of the drug, unable to continue on stage and in the recording studio.

On July 2, 1969, at the end of the day, Brian Jones returns to his villa, where abode with him three friends : Frank Thorogood, a builder of…

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