" If these walls could verbalize , " goes the expression . Well , perhaps they sometimes can . Thanks to chance event of chronicle , some famous people have live next to each other and connect in some unusual ways . Here are three examples .
George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix
No , they did n’t go next door at the same time — they were separated by three century . But the musicians have become joined in death . In 1723 , George Frideric Handel , who was born in Germany , move to 25 Brook St. in what is now the Mayfair division of London . There he lived for 36 days , pen some of his best - make out works , including " Messiah " and " Zadok the Priest . " Handel give way at his residence at long time 84 in 1759 .
In 1969 , American rock ‘n’ roll guitarist Jimi Hendrix move in with his girlfriend Kathy Etchingham to 23 Brook St. Hendrix thought he was live in Handel ’s former household , but later learned he was in reality in the flat next door . Nevertheless , he bought some recordings of the composer ’s far-famed works to give them a listen . Hendrix , best known for Sung dynasty like " All Along the Watchtower " and " Purple Haze , " only dwell in the Brook Street vapid for a few calendar month . He died the following twelvemonth of a drug overdose atage 27 in a London hotel . Today you may see both Handel ’s house and Hendrix ’s flat at theHandel & Hendrix in Londonmuseum .
Harper Lee and Truman Capote
Harper Lee and Truman Capote met as next - door neighbors in Monroeville , Alabama , in 1930 , when she was 4 years honest-to-god and he was 6 . Both loved to read , and haddifficult relationshipswith their mother . But they were quite unlike in personality : Lee was a romp in boilers suit , and Capotewas a exacting dresserwith a high - tilt voice . Although Capote ’s female parent get him to live in New York City a few years later , the two remained friends .
In 1959 , while look the publication of her 1960 novel " To Kill a Mockingbird " ( she mock up the character Dill after her childhood friend ) , Lee accompanied Capote on a trip-up to Kansas and helped him explore the murders that formed the basis of his 1966 masterwork " In Cold Blood . " But she was hurt that Capote failed to recognise her assistance when his book was finally publish , and the two had a falling out . It probably did n’t facilitate the relationship that Lee shunned the spotlight while Capote lust it . Although they have both since die ( Capote in 1984 and Lee in 2016 ) , you may still call sites related to both writer in Monroeville . However , neither Lee ’s nor Capote ’s family are still stand up .
Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan
The Welsh poet and the American musical poet both lived at New York ’s notorious Chelsea Hotel — Dylan Thomas in room 205 , whileBob Dylanwas in way 211 . But several years separate them . Thomas , most famous for " Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night , " was working on the radio play " Under Milk Wood " at the hotel and come down into a coma , allegedly after drinking 18 whiskeys in a row . He died in 1953 . But the truth might be a footling more prosaic . Although he was an alky , Thomas most likely yield because ofpneumonia and diabetes .
In 1965 , Dylanchecked into the Chelseawith his lady friend ( later married woman ) Sara Lownds . There , he wrote much of his album " Blonde on Blonde . " ( A 1975 song call " Sara"contains the line : " staying up for days in the Chelsea Hotel , write ' Sad - Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands ' for you . " ) He also had an affair with fellow Chelsea dweller and socialite Edie Sedgwick . Despite common perception , the former Robert Zimmermandid not rename himselfafter Dylan Thomas . By the clock time he arrived at college , he was already calling himself " Bob Dillon , " possibly after Matt Dillon of the TV show " Gunsmoke . " He may have altered the spelling of his last name in honor of the Welsh poet and we know they obviously partake a standardized appreciation in accommodations .
Today , the Chelsea Hotel isbeing renovatedfrom a bohemian outstation into a luxury dress shop hotel and only a few foresightful - prison term residents still live there .
