American musician Johnny Allen Hendrix, known the world over as Jimi Hendrix, died September 18, 1970 in Kensington, London, England. He was 27 years old. Hendrix was pronounced dead in St. Mary Abbot's Hospital at 12:45pm. According to a post-mortem examination by British pathologist Dr. Robert Teare, Hendrix aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxiation after having overdosed on barbiturates. The only witness to Hendrix's final hours, claimed he had taken nine tablets of Vesparax, a presciption strength sleep aid.