Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

But Rolling Stone can’t get cocaine satisfaction

Posted Aug 7, 2007 5:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – Keith Richards says that—reported denials aside—he did indeed snort his father’s ashes. The Rolling Stones sideman revealed in an interview yesterday that media reports had mixed up the story, and that he’d only meant to deny mixing the remains with a... Read full story »

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