Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, did not die of a drug overdose. He never married Patricia Kennealy. And the Lizard King`s body is not going to be moved from the Paris cemetery where it has been for the last 27 years.Patricia Butler shatters the myths surrounding the life and death of the rock idol in her book, “Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison.””People get caught up in rumors,” she said. “The truth is so much more interesting and compelling than the bulls@#t that`s been made up.” Seven years ago, Butler was 29 and going through a mid-life crisis. She was bored of her job as a secretary and of her life in general. After being told by her boss that she couldn`t take any time off, she quit her job and went to Paris. “I didn`t know what I was going to do when I got there.”She decided to take a quiet visit to the Paris cemetery, Pere-Lachaise, where several famous people are buried, including Jim Morrison. Butler happened to be there for the 20th anniversary of Morrison`s death.”It sounded like Wrigley Field. I was engulfed in this sea of people. They were everywhere, all dressed in tie die, as if it were the summer of love or something.”Five thousand people showed up in Paris on July 3, 1991 to see Morrison`s grave. Butler wasn`t a fan; she didn`t even know who he was, but she was still intrigued. Butler came home from her 10-day trip and while showing her pictures to some friends, she told them she was going to write a book about Jim and Pamela Morrison. “The first I heard about it was when it came out of my mouth.”At first, Butler was afraid. She didn`t know how she was going to do it or where to start. A friend helped her put things in perspective. “Either I was going to be a year older, or a year older with an adventure.”The book took her seven years to write.Butler sent out form letters and made phone calls. She even attempted to talk to Patricia Kennealy, the woman who claims she married Morrison in a witch ceremony on June 24, 1970. Kennealy has written several books about Morrison. Her response to Butler`s request for an interview was `Read the book,` Butler said.Butler could find no evidence that Morrison and Kennealy were ever married. Jim told his friends that he had no memory of it, she said. “Jim would have gone through any ceremony if you wanted him to and it sounded like fun.””She has inserted herself in history where she doesn`t belong,” Butler said.Kennealy has said that when she meets me, she will meet me with a sword, Butler said. “I will meet her with a bag of Jolly Ranchers and a squeegee. It would make about as much sense.”Morrison had one true love ­ Pamela Courson, according to Bulter. She was his “cosmic mate,” she said. “They were so out of step with everyone else around them, but so in sync with each other.”Morrison and Courson met before he was anybody, she said. “I was intrigued by the woman who could hold this man`s attention for so long.”Courson was declared Morrison`s legal spouse after his death and was the sole heir to his fortune.”He was legally married to Pamela posthumously and in every other way when they were alive.”Courson was not a heroine addict and did not give Jim the drugs that killed him, Butler said. “I wish people would take the time to look at the truth a little more closely.”Morrison was a life-long asthmatic. Being in Paris in the summertime made his asthma worse, she said. Ultimately, he died of heart failure due to his respiratory problem. There was no sign of drug use and there was no autopsy because the police didn`t feel it was warranted, she said. “The truth is the hardest to believe.”Pamela died of a heroine overdose three years after Jim`s death. She began to use drugs after Jim died so she could be with him, Butler said.”People think that Jim`s death was a mystery. It was as clear as they come. There was a mystery in the couple, and it wasn`t Jim.”Throughout writing the book, Butler wished she could just ask Pam or Jim one question. “I am feeling for the first time the boundaries of death. There are these glass walls that separate us.”Morrison`s fans have criticized Butler for her book. But she said she had nothing to gain by telling the truth. “I`m not a fan out to glorify my idol. I don`t have the luxury, the privilege, or the right to change history to make you happy.”Some claim that Butler wrote the book to capitalize on Morrison`s death. “I laugh when people say I am doing it for the money.”Butler funded the book herself. “And it wasn`t cheap,” she said. She was rejected 87 times before a publisher accepted her book. Even after going bankrupt, Butler vows to use any profit from the book to start a scholarship in Pamela`s name.”This book changed my life.”Bulter will be at Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 1739 Olentangy River Rd in the Lennox Center, Sunday at 2 p.m. for a discussion and book signing.