Keith Richards Snorted His Father’s Ashes
Posted August 6, 2007 12:00 pm.
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People have accused Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards of putting a lot of things up his nose over the years, but no one was ready for this one.
Richards has confirmed a report earlier this year that he did snort his father’s ashes. Originally his publicists claimed he was misquoted in an interview with NME.com, but last weekend Richards said it was accurate.
He also said he would live to the age of 150.
He chopped up the ashes like cocaine and then snorted them, says Richards.
“I pulled the lid off and out comes a bit of dad on the dining room table,” says the 64-year-old rock n’ roller. “I’m going, ‘I can’t use the brush and dustpan for this.’
“What I found out is that ingesting your ancestors is a very respectable way of.y’know, he went down a treat.”
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