Brian Jones

Brian Jones, 28 February 1942 - 3 July 1969.

Fingers weren't the only things Jones put up his nose.

Career: Rock musician. Cause of Death: misadventure, probably complicated by drug & alcohol abuse, possibly murder.

Winnie-the-Pooh looks before he leaps.

Estranged from the Rolling Stones, Jones met his death in the swimming pool at Winnie the Pooh writer A A Milne's Cotchford Farm cottage. 

Last seen by a schoolgirl appearing "bloated, with deep-set eyes" Jones was found at midnight motionless at the bottom of his swimming pool at Cotchford Farm. The coroner's report stated "death by misadventure", and noted his liver and heart were heavily enlarged by drug and alcohol abuse.

Jones' Swedish girlfriend insisted that when Jones was fished from the pool he was still alive, and has accused a builder at the cottage of Jones' murder. The builder, Frank Thorogood, allegedly confessed to the murder on his deathbed to the Rolling Stones' driver, Tom Keylock, who later denied this. Many items, such as instruments and expensive furniture, reportedly were stolen from the home after Jones's death.

Jones was reportedly buried 12 feet deep in Cheltenham Cemetery (to prevent exhumation by trophy hunters) in a lavish casket sent by Bob Dylan. This is twice the normal depth and deep enough to bury two quite tall men standing up, even if one was standing on the other's shoulders.

Mick Jagger has acted as an apologist for accusations that Jones' drug-augmented lifestyle lead to his drug-augmented death-style, stating "Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you."

Jones and Keith "Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Weapons" Richards: poolside.