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Sid Vicious:
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Sid Vicious:

Chelsea Hotel, New YorkRoom: 100 Status: Unavailable

On October 12, 1978, the iconic Sex Pistols bassist woke from a drug-induced stupor to find girlfriend Nancy Spungen dead on the bathroom floor with a single stab wound to the abdomen. Vicious was arrested and charged with murder, said he had no memory of the incident, and OD’d on heroin not four months later. Room 100 still gets its share of requests, but the room was made part of a larger suite and has a long-term guest.

For more information: www.hotelchelsea.com

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