Rock legend Jimi Hendrix´s childhood home demolished

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The dilapidated structure where Hendrix first started playing his guitar, a single stringed 'ukulele', was brought down by a demolition crew yesterday.

"This is where he first discovered music. It's all a shame, too bad, no city body stepped up to the plate to save the place Jimi lived in. Let's be blunt; he is the most famous guy to ever be born in the city of Seattle," said Charles R Cross, author of the Hendrix biography 'Room Full of Mirrors'.

Sikov said that he now plans to collect memorabilia from the demolished home and collect them safely for display purposes.

The "Purple Haze" singer, who died in 1970 following a drug overdose, is buried at Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery which is just across the street from his childhood home. That's where his fans still flock to his memorial and leave everything from guitar, notes to flowers.

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