An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism, but it can be under any official authority. Synonyms include dictum and pronouncement. Edict derives from the Latin edictum. In the late 15th century the spelling was edycte and known as meaning a proclamation having the force of law.
Death of Jimi Hendrix. On September 18, 1970, the American musician Jimi Hendrix died in London, aged 27 years. For some days Hendrix had been in poor health, due in part to fatigue caused by overworking, a chronic lack of sleep, and an illness assumed to be influenza-related.
This was Jimiâs favorite guitar. After he died the guitar was left with Monika Danneman, Jimiâs girlfriend, who kept is secure until her death in 1996. Danneman revealed afterwards that Hendrix had played this guitar on the night of his death.n the early years Hendrix played mostly cheaper guitar like the Epiphone Wilshire and Supro Ozark. Towards the mid 1960s he started using Fenders, starting with a 1959 Fender Duo-sonic which he played with Isley Brothers.