No One Here Gets Out Alive No One Here Gets Out Alive No One Here Gets Out Alive (1980) is a biography of American singer-songwriter Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of the rock band the Doors. Morrison died in Paris in July 1971 and this was the first biography written about the singer. The first draft was written solely by Jerry Hopkins shortly after Morrison's death. Hopkins, a journalist with "Rolling Stone", based the draft on an extensive interview he conducted with Morrison as well as interviews with friends and associates. However, attempts to find a publisher failed. A second manuscript, with additional content added
Jim Morrison off most contact with his family. By the time Morrison's music ascended to the top of the charts (in 1967) he had not been in communication with his family for more than a year and falsely claimed that his parents and siblings were dead (or claiming, as it has been widely misreported, that he was an only child). This misinformation was published as part of the materials distributed with the Doors' self-titled debut album. Admiral Morrison was not supportive of his son's career choice in music. One day, an acquaintance brought over a record thought to have Jim on the