Keith Richards: "I Snorted My Father"

Keith RichardsThere's very little in the physical world that Keith Richards hasn't, by his own admission, ingested either by mouth or by nose -- including, it seems, his father's ashes.

The Rolling Stones axeman revealed to NME, the British music magazine, that he once snorted the remains of his own dad, Bert, leavened with a bit of cocaine to make it go down easier. "He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared ... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive," says Keith.

Bert died in 2002 at the age of 84. Richards has four children of his own, and will play Johnny Depp's dad in the forthcoming third installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

This just proves that for sons and daughters, knowledge really is powder.



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61. is that considered cannabalism? just kidding. but it is sick, twisted and creepy, but so is his face.

Posted at 6:47PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by ANNE

62. And that, for those of you playing along at home, is what makes Keith, Keef.

A few years ago, novelist Kathryn Harrison, wrote a book in which she accidently snorts her grandmother's ashes.

Nevertheless, you may have been punked.

Beltway Greg

Posted at 8:56PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by Beltway Greg

63. OH my GOSH what a sick Idiot! So sick.

Posted at 7:32PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by Lisa

64. WOULD YOU REALLY EXPECT LESS FROM THIS DECREPIT, MUMMIFIED, GREEN DISGUST.

Posted at 7:38PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by Startmeup

65. Keith Richards is more stupid than I even thought. If he thinks this was a hip thing to do, he is out of his mind.Old @$$$ addict.

Posted at 7:50PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by Usedtoliketherollingstones

66. Look at that scarred and beat up face. Coke, meth and booze won't have a bad effect on a person... nahhh

Posted at 8:00PM on Apr 5th 2007 by Crawdaddy

67. ...wtf? are you kidding me??

Posted at 12:52AM on Apr 7th 2007 by jaclynn

68. you have to be screwed up to do that, or even to admit to doing that!

Posted at 8:24PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by shar

69. NOT TRUE! An internet scam. Do better TMZ.

Posted at 8:37PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by jaded

70. Three words; gross, gross, gross.

Posted at 11:55PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by Haley

71. Yeah, and some of you complain about Michael Jackson, who isn't even as close to being this WEIRD.

Posted at 9:06PM on Apr 3rd 2007 by REALIST

72. He looks like he's dead but refuses to be buried. Whoa!

Posted at 2:28PM on Apr 4th 2007 by dizzy

73. Actually, when you stop and think about it most folks don't have any time for their parents and hardly visit with them. In the most truly twisted way possible Keith really is the best son of all time. Happy Father's Day you old geezer.

Posted at 5:08PM on Apr 4th 2007 by Beltway Greg

74. Wow.....Keith blew his own dad.

Posted at 12:32AM on Apr 4th 2007 by blabs

75. You know how it can be....Late at night, all the drugs are gone....And suddenly that urn sitting on the mantle is looking pretty good....And the next thing you know, you are lining up dear old dad....Has anyone seen Keiths dog??

Posted at 1:58AM on Apr 4th 2007 by keeoui

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