GRAM PARSONS

Gram Parsons, a rockstar during the hippie and flower-power era, was known for his involvement with The Byrds and a lesser-known band called Flying Burrito Brothers. The events after his death are an interesting story itself. Parsons reportedly went to an inn in California to consume harmful substances in the desert—something he had been planning to do for some time. Unfortunately, on September 19, 1973, he overdosed after taking an inordinate amount of opiates and alcohol.

His buddy Phil Kaufman stole his body, poured gas on it, and burned it at some predetermined area in the Joshua Tree National Park, pursuant to a pact he made with Parsons. His ashes, on the other hand, were buried in New Orleans, because his father wanted Parsons to get a Louisiana residency, which was the condition he was given before he could inherit the estate his son left behind. His greedy father consulted with numerous lawyers to sort things out and in this feat, he was successful.