by Michael Jeffery, his UK manager, and certainly not by anybody connected to him. The whole thing is one giant lie." Death Jeffery died in a mid-air collision over Nantes, France, on 5 March 1973, just eight days before his 40th birthday. References 1933 births 1973 deaths English music managers Jimi Hendrix Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1973 20th-century English businesspeople