Jimi Hendrix death shocked the world.  At such young age of 27, the music legend and icon left the world with confusion that until now even those who never seen him asks how he died. Jimi Hendrix death is wrapped with so many speculations, but how he really died?

When he passed away, Jimi Hendrix joined the bandwagon of great artists who died early. There's Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and Amy Winehouse to name a few. Jimi Hendrix death in 1970 remains a mystery and has been a debate that no one had presided.

If you know live in the generation of the jazz, blues and rock connoisseur, you may recall how Jimi Hendrix death became controversy that time. But what has been more intriguing is that until now, his death remains a mystery and controversy.

Jimi Hendrix death has been a point of battle among investigators, and police authorities. If you're wondering how he died, here's five shocking revelations you need to know surrounding Jimi Hendrix death, one of America's music legend:

Theory 1: Jimi Hendrix death could be a case of suicide. According to Rolling Stone, Eric Burdon, the last musician whom Jimi played with, claimed that a poem found in Jimi Hendrix's hand when he was found unresponsive was a suicide note.

The poem that Jimi had written remained in possession of Burdon. Three days after Jimi Hendrix death, Burdon went to BBC Television and claimed that "Jimi killed himself."

His statement was contradicted by Jimi's manager, Michael Jeffery who said that he don't believe Jimi left Eric Burdon his legacy to carry on. He added he has stocks of Jimi's songs, poems, and papers and some of them could be mistaken as a suicide note.  He claimed Burdon had never been close to Jimi.

Theory 2: Jimi Hendrix death could be case of murder.

There's theory that it was a conspiracy plot of government involving his German girlfriend, skater and painter Monika Dannemann.

Theory 3: Was it the red wine that could be blamed for Jimi Hendrix death?

When Dannemann picked up Jimi Hendrix at a bar after partying with his friends, the two proceeded to her apartment in Notting Hill. It was said that before Jimi went to bed, he drank red wine and took Dannemann's sleeping pills.  

Daily Mail reported that the doctor who tried to revived the music icon that night. He drowned in red wine so it was impossible that he was murdered.  

Theory 4: Jimi Hendrix death was caused by chocking on vomit after drugs overdose.

Coroner's investigation in London said that the rocker took nine sleeping pills and died as suffocation of vomiting.

Theory 5: Jimi Hendrix death involved his manager, Mike Jeffery.

Apparently, as reported by Skeptoid, Jimi Hendrix death involved his personal manager Jeffrey who was that time was debt-ridden and wanted to cash out his £1.2million life insurance. There were conspiracy theory pointing that Jeffrey allegedly force sleeping pills and red wine that could lead to his death.

Up to this date, no one really knows how Jimi Hendrix death happened. It remains a mystery that was left unveiled.