Parsons, a 26-year-old former member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers who dreamed of creating a utopian genre that he called cosmic American music, was preparing for the release of his second solo album when he made a trip to his adopted sanctuary of Joshua Tree National Park. On his second day there, Parsons overdosed on morphine and could not be revived.
Parsons, a prodigious drinker and drug user who once attempted to kick heroin cold turkey while locked in a room with an also-detoxing Keith Richards overdosed on morphine and could not be revived. His stepfather immediately arranged to have Parsons's body flown to Louisiana, perhaps so he would stand a better chance of inheriting a chunk of Gram's family fortune.
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