The final living member of the famed Jimi Hendrix Experience has died. Mitch Mitchell, who played drums with Hendrix from 1966 to 1969 was found dead of apparent natural causes in his hotel in Portland, Oregon early Wednesday. Mitchell had been spending a brief vacation in Portland following his gig Friday with the Experience Hendrix Tour.

"It was a devastating surprise," tour publicist Bob Merlis told the AP. "Nobody drummed like he did."

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