JIMI HENDRIX'S FATHER DIES AT 82 GRACIOUS AND KIND AL HENDRIX FOUGHT TO PROTECT LEGENDARY ROCK GUITARIST'S LEGACY.(News)(Obituary)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: April 18, 2002| Author: Kim, Ellen A. | Copyright information

Byline: ELLEN A. KIM P-I reporter

Al Hendrix, the father of late guitar legend Jimi Hendrix and longtime protector of his legacy, died yesterday in his sleep at his Seattle home.

He was 82 and had been battling congestive heart failure.

Mr. Hendrix, remembered as a gracious, gentle and kind man who loved golf and plants, had spent the 31 years after his famous son's death preserving his memory, eventually gaining the rights to Jimi's name and m...

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