Patricia Kennealy-Morrison was an author and journalist who was in a relationship with rock star Jim Morrison (1943–1971) of the Doors.Kennealy-Morrison became a rock music journalist as a young woman, bringing a new seriousness to rock criticism as one of the first women in the field.
She interviewed Morrison in 1969 for Jazz & Pop, the magazine she edited and contributed to. The two began a relationship, largely long-distance, and they participated in a handfasting ceremony in 1970.
It wasn’t a legal marriage, though Kennealy-Morrison considered herself Morrison’s wife. It was a controversial claim, refuted by some who point out that Morrison was also in a serious relationship with Pamela Courson (1946–1974).
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