The Doors legal dispute ends in €3m payout

A LONG-RUNNING legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors is coming to a close with two of them facing a bill of around €3 million.

Keyboard player Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger have been refused an appeal after Californian courts ruled they improperly used the group’s name and images during a 2003 tour.

They have to pay out to drummer John Densmore, the parents of the dead lead singer Jim Morrison and the parents of Morrison’s dead wife, Pamela Courson.