Pete Doherty's 'death wish'

Sep 5, 2007, 13:00 GMT

07/03/2007 - Pete Doherty - Pete Doherty Departing Court After His Case Was Adjourned - West London Magistrates Court - London, England © Solarpix / PR Photos

Roger Daltrey thinks Pete Doherty has a "death-wish".

The Who frontman fears both Doherty and troubled singer Amy Winehouse could follow in the tragic footsteps of his former bandmates Keith Moon and John Entwistle, who both died of drug overdoses.

Daltrey told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Watching Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse is very sad. She is fantastically talented and he has a particular talent but I'm not sure he's comfortable with it.

"There's a bathroom floor waiting somewhere for him. He seems to have a death wish and that is so incredibly dull - to think that's a cool and exciting thing.

"There's obviously something very wrong in their lives that they have to go down that route to deaden some sort of pain."

He added: "I knew them all - Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, too many to list - and it's incredible to think they've all gone.

"I don't think it's any different today - it's a person's own personal journey. It's down to the individual and always has been."

Last month, Winehouse was rushed to hospital after allegedly overdosing on a cocktail of ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol.

Doherty is currently in rehab at Clouds House clinic, Wiltshire.

Next month, he will appear in court to be sentenced for driving illegally while in possession of crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis.

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