
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 4, 1994                   TAG: 9404040002
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 5   EDITION: METRO 
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PEOPLE

Two new books claim Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was murdered in his swimming pool in 1969, a month after he split with the band.

A coroner ruled at the time that 27-year-old Jones drowned in the pool at his 11-acre Sussex estate "while under the influence of alcohol and drugs."

Both books - "Paint It Black: The Murder of Brian Jones" by Geoffrey Giuliano and "Who Killed Christopher Robin?" by Terry Rawlings - claim the pop star was murdered by London builder Frank Thorogood, who died in November.

The books allege that Thorogood, who had been hired to help renovate Jones' home, held the pop star's head under the water while they were swimming until he stopped breathing.

by CNB