Mitch Mitchell has left the planet

Mitch Mitchell, the drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, died last Wednesday in a Portland, Ore. hotel.

Mitchell, born June 9, 1947, was 61 and had recently completed an 18-city national tribute tour, Experience Hendrix.

The Mutnomah County Medical Examiner's office concluded Mitchell died in his sleep of natural causes in his room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland.