http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/jimi_hendrixs_drummer_mitch_mi.htmlJimi Hendrix\'s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, found dead at Portland hotel
by Joseph Rose and Stuart Tomlinson,The Oregonian
Wednesday November 12, 2008, 12:50 PM
Mitch Mitchell, the hall-of-fame drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, widely considered the legendary Seattle guitarist\'s most important musical collaborator, was found dead this morning in his Portland hotel room.
Mitchell, 61, who played with Hendrix at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival and helped shape such songs as "Voodoo Child" and "Purple Haze," apparently died of natural causes, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner said. Mitchell was found dead at appoximately 3 a.m. in his room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland.
