Rock music is a universe with no shortage of tragic stories. There are the overnight leaps up the ladder of fame followed by Icarus-like flameouts. There are the legendary overdoses and suicides of Jimi, Janis, Kurt and the rest of the “27 Club.” Add to this stars like Eddie Cochrane, Marc Bolan and Duane Allman who met their ends behind the wheel. And, of course, there’s no shortage of luminaries like Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Jim Croce, Randy Rhodes and Lynyrd Skynyrd who spun off the mortal coil when their planes fell out of the sky.
But none may be as horrifying and seemingly inevitable as that Jim Gordon. Gordon
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