Book and final days Kit Lambert

funerary monument, brompton cemetery, london

in 1980, lambert, assisted journalist john lindsay, began writing autobiography, detailing how discovered who. included many never-before-told stories contemporaries beatles, rolling stones, brian epstein , jimi hendrix, , friends princess margaret , liberace. however, days before lambert sign publishing deal, publisher contacted official solicitor in charge of lambert s life, stated revenues sale of book had paid court, dole them out lambert. beginning of lambert s downward spiral, increasing dependence on drugs , alcohol.

in 1981, lambert died of cerebral hemorrhage after falling down stairs of mother s house. buried in brompton cemetery, london, alongside father, paternal grandfather , grandmother. on night of death, seen drinking heavily @ popular kensington gay nightclub, el sombrero where, according many including townshend, beaten drug dealer on unpaid debt, contributed fall , death. in autobiography bowie, bolan , brooklyn guy, record producer tony visconti states [lambert] in advanced stages of whatever. died when coke dealer pushed him downstairs.