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.
After Monterey, the Jimi Hendrix Experience became one of the hottest rock bands anywhere. And Jimi Hendrix became a guitar god. With fame came drugsâmost notably LSD, the Purple Haze variety, which was known as Monterey Purple before the festival and took on the name of Hendrix's famous song ever after.