from Stevie Klasson, Johnny's rhythm guitar player. Ramone said, "They told me that Johnny had gotten mixed up with some bastards... who ripped him off for his methadone supply. They had given him LSD and then murdered him. He had gotten a pretty large supply of methadone in England, so he could travel and stay away from those creeps – the drug dealers, Thunders imitators, and losers like that." Singer Willy DeVille, who lived next door to the hotel in which Thunders died, described his death this way: There is conflicting information about the New Orleans' coroner's report. An article in the Orlando Sentinel states: "[He] died of an overdose of cocaine and methadone, according to the coroner's office in New Orleans. Chief investigator John Gagliano said tests completed last week found substantial amounts of both drugs." While other sources state: An autopsy was conducted by the New Orleans coroner, but served only to compound the mysteries. According to Thunders' biographer Nina Antonia as posted on the Jungle Records website, the level of drugs found in his system was not fatal. According to the book Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon by Pamela Des Barres, who interviewed Thunders' sister, Mariann Bracken, the autopsy confirmed evidence of advanced leukemia, which would explain the decline in Thunders' appearance in the final year of his life. In a 1994 Melody Maker interview, Thunders' manager Mick Webster described the family's efforts to get New Orleans police to investigate the matter further: "We keep asking the New Orleans police to re-investigate, but they haven't been particularly friendly. They seemed to think that this was just another junkie who had wandered into town and died. They simply weren't interested." Thunders was survived by his wife Julie Jourden and four children: sons John, Vito, and Dino, and daughter Jamie Genzale by Susanne Blomqvist. Discography Studio albums So Alone (1978) In Cold Blood (1983) Diary of a Lover (1983) Hurt Me (1983) Que Sera Sera (1985) Copy Cats (1988) Official live albums and compilations The New Too Much Junkie Business (1983) Stations of the Cross (1987) Bootlegging the Bootleggers (1990) Live in Japan (1991) Have Faith (1992) Saddest Vacation Act. 1 (1993) Saddest Vacation Act. 2 (1993) Chinese Rocks: The Ultimate Thunders Live Collection (1993) Add Water & Stir (1994) Stations of the Cross (Revisited) (1994) The Studio Bootlegs (1996) Belfast Rocks (1997) Born Too Loose: The