48th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix Overdose News48th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix Overdose, Jimi Hendrix, womenssuiteMorgan Rees 48th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix Overdose Monday September 18 marks 48 years since the drug overdosed death of Jimi Hendrix. Regrettably Hendrix was another drug fatality and we are left with just four years of his brilliance.