would tie up her quest for inheritance for the next two years. Friend Diane Gardner is quoted as saying in the book Break on Through by Riordan and Prochnicky: Death and estate controversy After Morrison's death, Courson continued to live in Los Angeles. Former Doors manager Danny Sugerman became friendly with her in Los Angeles during this time and later wrote in Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess about an experience of taking quaaludes and snorting heroin with Courson. On April 25, 1974, Courson died of a heroin overdose on the living room couch at the Los Angeles apartment she shared with two male friends. Like Morrison, she was 27 years old when she died. Her cremated remains were interred in the mausoleum at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California. The plaque reads "Pamela Susan Morrison 1946–1974", even though "Morrison" was never part of Courson's legal name. Several months after her death, her parents inherited her fortune. Jim Morrison's parents later contested the Coursons' executorship of the estate, leading to additional legal battles. In 1979 both parties agreed to divide the earnings from Morrison's estate equally. In popular culture Courson was portrayed by Meg Ryan in Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors. References External links 1946 births 1974 deaths People from Weed, California Jim Morrison Deaths by heroin overdose in California Drug-related deaths in California