Jim Gordon, once an in-demand drummer who was in a band with Eric Clapton, has died aged 77. The musician’s death was confirmed by his publicist, who said in a statement he 'died after a long incarceration and lifelong battle with mental illness.’
The musician’s death was confirmed by publicist Bob Merlis, who said in a statement: ‘[Gordon died] after a long incarceration and lifelong battle with mental illness.’He was arrested and told police he’d been ordered to commit the crime by voices in his head. Gordon was later diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Despite his mental health diagnosis, the drummer was convicted of his mother’s death just over a year after the crime and handed 16 years to life in a state prison.Gordon also worked with the likes of the Beach Boys and Steely Dan LA-born Gordon, whose bids for parole were unsuccessful, died at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville in California on Monday.died of natural causes, had been imprisoned for 39 years.
The outlet notes that in a 2016 memoir written by Rita Coolidge, who was previously in a romantic relationship with Gordon, she claimed he punched her in a hotel while on tour and she subsequently ended their relationship.Gordon was in a band with Eric Clapton Born in 1954, Gordon grew up in Sherman Oaks with his accountant father and mother, who worked as a nurse.notes that Gordon started playing drums when he was in highschool and landed his first gig at the age of 17 ‘with the help of a fake ID’.about his mother’s death, Gordon previously said: ‘When I remember the crime, it’s kind of like a dream.
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