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Police recover 280-pound bronze bust from Jim Morrison's grave stolen in 1988
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Police recover 280-pound bronze bust from Jim Morrison's grave stolen in 1988

Ellsworth Toohey
May 20, 2025
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Grave of Jim Morrison of the Doors at Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France. (Arthur D'Amario III / Shutterstock.com)

French police weren't looking for Jim Morrison's missing bronze bust grave marker when they stumbled upon it — they were conducting a financial crimes investigation. But after 37 years, the bust of The Doors' frontman was recovered.

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