Ashes on the Snow

Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Admits Snorting Father's Ashes Mixed with Cocaine
By Ray McDonald 04 April 2007

The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards is second from left)

Keith Richards says he once snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine. Speaking to the British music magazine "NME," the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist acknowledges ingesting his father's cremated remains.

"My dad wouldn't have cared," he said, "it went down pretty well, and I'm still alive." Richards' father, Bert, died at age 84 in 2002.

The famously hard-living Richards told NME that his survival was the result of luck, and he cautioned young musicians not to emulate him.

"I was number one on the 'who's likely to die' list for 10 years," he said. "I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list."

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