Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose on February 2nd 1979, aged 21. He was the bassist in the British punk band The Sex Pistols.
After being charged with second degree murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen on October 12th 1978, he attempted suicide on October 22nd the same year.
On February 1st 1979 he was released from Riker's Island, detoxified. On February 2nd 1979 he took a 'hit' from some heroin bought for him by his mother. It was very pure heroin and his mother found him the next morning, dead from overdose.
It was not until after his funeral that his mother found Sid's suicide note inside the pocket of his jacket. It was written on a small piece of lined paper and written in shaky block capitals on both sides was his note.
WE HAD A DEATH
PACT
I HAVE TO KEEP
MY HALF OF THE
BARGAIN.
PLEASE BURY ME
PTO
NEXT TO MY BABY.
BURY ME IN MY
LEATHER JACKET,
JEANS AND MOTOR
CYCLE BOOTS
GOODBYE
Sadly, Vicious was never buried next to Nancy. Sid's mother dropped the urn containing his ashes on the concrete of Heathrow Airport as she got off the plane.