Marianne Faithfull: 'My Ex Killed Jim Morrison'

Singer Marianne Faithfull has told a magazine her former boyfriend accidentally killed The Doors singer Jim Morrison 43 years ago.

He was found dead aged 27 in the bathroom of his Paris apartment in July 1971.

Faithfull, 67, told Mojo magazine that her then-boyfriend Jean de Breteuil, known as the heroin dealer to the stars, had given Morrison drugs that were too strong and killed him.

The couple had travelled to Paris, and on their arrival de Breteuil said he had to visit Morrison's apartment. Faithfull stayed behind at their hotel.

"I could intuitively feel trouble," she said. "I thought, I'll take a few Tuinal (barbiturates) and I won't be there.

"And he went to see Jim Morrison and killed him. I mean I'm sure it was an accident. Poor b*****d. The smack (heroin) was too strong? Yeah. And he died ... everybody connected to the death of this poor guy is dead now. Except me."

De Breteuil himself was found dead in Morocco some weeks after Morrison's death.

A post-mortem examination was never carried out on Morrison's body.

The Doors were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 and their popularity has persisted, despite the remaining members disbanding in 1973.

The remaining members of the band went on to reunite in various forms over the years, including a post-Morrison album called An American Prayer, which was released in 1978. Their last live performance was in 2000.

Founding member and keyboard player Ray Manzarek died from cancer in May 2013.