He was 66. I am always amazed when big-time rockers make it even that long. I mean, who thought we’d still have Keith Richards at 73?
Damn. That’s a shocker. RIP.
I don’t know if he was a big drug taker.
He’s well preserved!
If you take too many drugs and smoke too much it has the reverse affect. Figuring out where it goes from harmful to good is the trick.
Sad news and I always wondered how any of the Stones have lived as long as they have!
It's not like he didn't try.
I always liked TP but never went to a concert. Recently watched the Netflix documentary “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream”. Long but very good.
Coincidentally I watched again the George Harrison documentary Living in the Material World which came out in 2011 (Harrison fied in late 2001). Petty is interviewed in the last part of the film due to his collaboration with the Travelling Wilburys and his continued friendship with George.
There is one scene in which TP recalls getting a phone call from George right after Roy Orbison died. And TP said that the first thing that Harrison said to him was “Aren’t you glad that it wasn’t you?” And TP replied, “Yeah, I am.”
Thanks for the memories Tom...RIP.
I always liked TP but never went to a concert. Recently watched the Netflix documentary “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream”. Long but very good.
Coincidentally I watched again the George Harrison documentary Living in the Material World which came out in 2011 (Harrison fied in late 2001). Petty is interviewed in the last part of the film due to his collaboration with the Travelling Wilburys and his continued friendship with George.
There is one scene in which TP recalls getting a phone call from George right after Roy Orbison died. And TP said that the first thing that Harrison said to him was “Aren’t you glad that it wasn’t you?” And TP replied, “Yeah, I am.”
Thanks for the memories Tom...RIP.
“I mean, who thought we’d still have Keith Richards at 73?”
When I think of Richards, I also think of Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead. He died in 2015. Part of his Wikipedia citation goes like this:
“Aside from his musical activities, Lemmy was well known for his hard-living lifestyle, chain smoking, and regular consumption of alcohol (notably Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey) and amphetamines.”
There are guys like Kilmister and Richards who, oddly enough, seemed to thrive in spite of the abuse they’ve done to themselves.
Keith Richards will live forever. DoD should fund a study to determine how Keith has managed to ingest large quantities of toxic substances and live to a ripe old, age. They could probably use his DNA to engineer a new antidote to chemical and biological warfare agents.
73???, I thought he was 93!
“I mean, who thought we’d still have Keith Richards at 73?”
The only thing I can think of is G-d has a sense of humor.
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“who thought we’d still have Keith Richards at 73?”
Jerry Lee Lewis, maybe?