Jim Morrison Jim Morrison, whose deafth in Paris last Saturday was reported yesterday, lived much of his life like any dime novelist's idea of a rock 'n roll star. At his prnne every perfornace was a ritual, a mock crucifixion enacted in skin- tiglht black leather and readhing its climax with the screan of " We want the world and we want it nfow I " Born 27 years ago in Oalifornia, Morrison formed his band, The Doors, wlhen he met organist Ray Manzarek in Italy in 1965. The following year they began playing in. Los Angeles, and became one of the first of the American - New Wave" bands to catch on witth the putblic. Their biggest hit single was " Light my fire", and their albums were consistent best sellers. Morrison's writing for the band often flirted with quiasi literary iniagery, and his stage appearances contained a strong element of theatre. The music itself was never as strong as the band's col- leotive imagination suggested: Morrison was in faot not a good singer, and possessed a very limited techn,ical and emotional range. It was his face, with its look of a fallen angel. and his agonized bearing wbich drew hinm so many admirers. Recently the band's power vwaned drastically. Their appear- ance at last year's Isle of Wiglt festival was a disappointment, and Morrison talked of returning to his first love, films. JIM MORRISON