Editing Keith Richards (section)

==Public image and personal life==

===Relationships and family===
Richards began dating model and actress [[Anita Pallenberg]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saperstein |first1=Pat |title=Anita Pallenberg, Actress and Longtime Girlfriend of Keith Richards, Dies at 73 |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/anita-pallenberg-dead-dies-keith-richards-1202465216 |access-date=14 June 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=14 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614015259/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/anita-pallenberg-dead-dies-keith-richards-1202465216/ |archive-date=14 June 2017}}</ref> in 1967, on a trip to [[Morocco]]. She had previously been involved with his band mate [[Brian Jones]], who was originally supposed to go to Morocco but ultimately did not after falling ill, and news of their relationship affected Jones deeply.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/why-anita-pallenberg-rolling-stones-muse-was-queen-of-the-underground-204744/ |title=Rob Sheffield: Why Anita Pallenberg Was Queen of the Underground |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=14 June 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=10 March 2019|url-access=limited}}</ref> Together, they had three children: Marlon Leon Sundeep Richards (b. 10 August 1969), Dandelion Angela Richards (b. 17 April 1972), and Tara Jo Jo Gunne Richards (26 March 1976 – 6 June 1976). Marlon was named after American actor [[Marlon Brando]] and Tara was named after British heir [[Tara Browne]] and the [[Chuck Berry]] song [[Jo Jo Gunne (song)|"Jo Jo Gunne"]].{{sfn|Wyman|2002|p=392}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keith Richards' 5 Children: All About His Sons and Daughters |url=https://people.com/all-about-keith-richards-kids-7508738 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Wyman|2002|p=343}} Tara died from [[SIDS]] while Richards was on tour, something he said haunted him.{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|p=263}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Keith Richards: The Biography |last=Bockris |first=Victor |publisher=Poseidon Press |year=1993 |isbn=9780671875909 |pages=242}}</ref>{{sfn|Bockris|2003|p=242–246}} He defended his decision to perform hours after learning of Tara's death, explaining that in 2015 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'' that performing was the only way he could cope.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/25/stones-music-bbc |title=I owe it all to my mum's impeccable taste in music says rocker Keith Richards |first=Vanessa |last=Thorpe |work=The Guardian |date=25 October 2015 |access-date=25 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025023940/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/25/stones-music-bbc |archive-date=25 October 2015 }}</ref> He and Pallenberg broke up in 1979 and remained cordial. 

Richard met model [[Patti Hansen]] in 1979 and they married on 18 December 1983, Richards's 40th birthday. Together, they have two children, [[Theodora Richards|Theodora Dupree Richards]] (b. 18 March 1985) and [[Alexandra Richards|Alexandra Nicole Richards]] (b. 28 July 1986), both born in [[New York City]]. Theodora was named after Richards's grandfather, Theodore Augustus Dupree.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rolling-stone-keith-richards-writing-childrens-book-with-daughter-9186836.html |access-date=13 March 2014 |title=Rolling Stone Keith Richards writing children's book with daughter |newspaper=The Independent |date=14 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313005255/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rolling-stone-keith-richards-writing-childrens-book-with-daughter-9186836.html |archive-date=13 March 2014}}</ref>

Richards has seven grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oscar and I's son Augustus LeBeau Richards Burnett came jnto the wild world on May21st |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C_yjX0pIQb2/?img_index=1 |last=Richards |first=Theodora |date=September 11, 2024 |website=Instagram}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our little bundle of love, Arlowe Mae Naudé blessed us with her presence May 19th |url=https://www.instagram.com/officialalexandrarichards/p/CPWuPcjgmFE/?img_index=1 |last=Richards |first=Alexandra |date=May 27, 2021 |website=Instagram}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keithrichards.com/news/keith-richards-welcomes-new-grandchild-family-39326 |title=Five grandchildren |work=KeithRichards.com Official Website |access-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606072647/http://www.keithrichards.com/news/keith-richards-welcomes-new-grandchild-family-39326 |archive-date=6 June 2014}}</ref>

In September 2014, Richards published a children's book with Theodora, ''Gus and Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar'', based on Richards's grandfather.

====Friendship with Mick Jagger====
{{See also|Jagger–Richards}}[[File:Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.jpg|thumb|Jagger (left) and Richards (right) performing in the Rolling Stones' [[Hyde Park Live|second appearance]] at Hyde Park on 6 July 2013. Their first appearance there was on [[The Stones in the Park|5 July 1969.]]]]
Richards's relationship with bandmate Mick Jagger is frequently described as "[[Love–hate relationship|love/hate]]" by the media.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/?jp=cwkfojojeyid |title=Jagger describes love/hate relationship with Richards |date=8 October 2005 |website=IOL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112111534/http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/?jp=cwkfojojeyid |archive-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3290411.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Stones row over Jagger knighthood |work=BBC News |date=4 December 2003 |access-date=28 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714101718/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3290411.stm |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> Richards himself said in a 1998 interview: "I think of our differences as a family squabble. If I shout and scream at him, it's because no one else has the guts to do it or else they're paid not to do it. At the same time I'd hope Mick realises that I'm a friend who is just trying to bring him into line and do what needs to be done."<ref>{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Holden |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDD113FF931A25753C1A96E948260 |title=The Pop Life |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 October 1988 |access-date=28 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/indepth/satisfaction.shtml |archive-date=15 January 2009|url-access=limited}}</ref> Richards, along with Johnny Depp, tried unsuccessfully to persuade Jagger to appear in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'', alongside Depp and Richards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpps/entertainment/johnny-depp-keith-richards-to-begin-pirates-dpgoh-20100426-fc_7243988 |title=Johnny Depp, Keith Richards to Begin Fourth 'Pirates' – Mick Jagger rumored for fourth 'Pirates' |publisher=My Fox Houston |date=26 April 2010 |access-date=5 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823012758/http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpps/entertainment/johnny-depp-keith-richards-to-begin-pirates-dpgoh-20100426-fc_7243988 |archive-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>

Richards's autobiography, ''[[Life (Keith Richards)|Life]]'', was published on 26 October 2010.<ref name="life" /> Eleven days prior to its release, the [[Associated Press]] published an article stating that in the book Richards refers to Jagger as "unbearable" and notes that their relationship has been strained "for decades".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bloxham |first1=Andy |title=Keith Richards: 'Mick Jagger has been unbearable since 1980s' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8065721/Keith-Richards-Mick-Jagger-has-been-unbearable-since-1980s.html |website=The Telegraph |access-date=18 August 2015 |date=15 October 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901082740/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8065721/Keith-Richards-Mick-Jagger-has-been-unbearable-since-1980s.html |archive-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> His opinion softening by 2015, Richards still said Jagger could come off as a "snob" but added, "I still love him dearly&nbsp;... your friends don't have to be perfect."<ref name="nydailynews.com" />

===Drug use and arrests===
Music journalist [[Nick Kent]] attached to Richards [[Lord Byron]]'s epithet of "mad, bad, and dangerous to know." Jagger thought that Richards's image had "contributed to him becoming a junkie".{{sfn|Bockris|2003|p=213-214}} In 1994, Richards said his image was "like a long shadow ... Even though that was nearly twenty years ago, you cannot convince some people that I'm not a mad drug addict."<ref name="Q1994p91">{{cite news |last=Deevoy |first=Adrian |title=Ladies and Gentlemen, the Interesting Old Farts |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |publisher=EMAP Metro |date=August 1994 |page=91}}</ref>

Richards's notoriety for illicit drug use stems in part from several drug busts during the late 1960s and 1970s and his candour about using heroin and other substances. Richards has been tried on drug-related charges five times: in 1967, twice in 1973, in 1977, and in 1978.{{sfn|Bockris|2003|p=133–135, 215–216, 280–283}}{{sfn|Flippo|1985|p=177-178}} The first trial{{snd}}the only one culminating in a prison sentence{{sfn|Flippo|1985|p=177-178}} – resulted from a [[The Rolling Stones' drug bust|February 1967 police raid]] on [[Redlands, West Wittering|Redlands]], Richards's [[Sussex]] estate, where he and some friends, including Jagger, were spending the weekend.{{sfn|Booth|2000|p=243-245}} The subsequent arrest of Richards and Jagger put them on trial before the [[Courts of the United Kingdom|British courts]], whilst also trying them in the court of public opinion. On 29 June 1967, Jagger was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for possession of four amphetamine tablets. Richards was found guilty of allowing cannabis to be smoked on his property and sentenced to one year in prison.{{sfn|Booth|2000|p=276}} Both Jagger and Richards were imprisoned at that point: Jagger was taken to [[Brixton Prison]] in south London,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/interest/index.php?alias=mick_goes_to_jail.html |title=Mick goes to jail |publisher=musicpilgrimages.com |date=11 October 2009 |access-date=15 October 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714135425/http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/interest/index.php?alias=mick_goes_to_jail.html |archive-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> and Richards to [[Wormwood Scrubs Prison]] in west London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/interest/index.php?alias=keith_goes_to_jail.html |title=Keith goes to jail |publisher=musicpilgrimages.com |date=14 October 2009 |access-date=15 October 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714135439/http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/interest/index.php?alias=keith_goes_to_jail.html |archive-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> Both were released on bail the next day pending appeal.{{sfn|Booth|2000|p=277}} On 1 July, ''[[The Times]]'' ran an editorial entitled "[[Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?]]", portraying Jagger's sentence as persecution, and public sentiment against the convictions increased.{{sfn|Wyman|2002|p=286}} A month later the appeals court overturned Richards's conviction for lack of evidence, and gave Jagger a [[conditional discharge]].{{sfn|Booth|2000|p=278–279}}

On 27 February 1977, while Richards was staying in a Toronto hotel, then known as the [[Westin Harbour Castle Hotel|Harbour Castle Hilton]] on [[Queens Quay (Toronto)|Queen's Quay East]], the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] found heroin in his room and charged him with "possession of heroin for the purpose of trafficking"{{snd}}an offence that at that time could result in prison sentences of seven years to life under the [[Narcotic Control Act]].{{sfn|Flippo|1985|p=67–68}} His passport was confiscated, and Richards and his family remained in Toronto until 1 April, when Richards was allowed to enter the United States on a medical visa for treatment of heroin addiction.{{sfn|Bockris|2003|p=261–263}} The charge against him was later reduced to "simple possession of heroin".{{sfn|Flippo|1985|p=134}}

For the next two years, Richards lived under threat of criminal sanction. Throughout this period he remained active with the Rolling Stones, recording their biggest-selling studio album, ''[[Some Girls]]'', and touring North America. Richards was tried in October 1978, pleading guilty to possession of heroin.{{sfn|Wyman|2002|p=453}}{{sfn|Flippo|1985|p=134–136}} He was given a suspended sentence and put on probation for one year, with orders to continue treatment for heroin addiction and to perform a benefit concert on behalf of the [[CNIB|Canadian National Institute for the Blind]] after a blind fan testified on his behalf.{{sfn|Flippo|1985|p=178}} Although the prosecution had filed an appeal of the sentence, Richards performed two CNIB benefit concerts at [[Oshawa Civic Auditorium]] on 22 April 1979; both shows featured the Rolling Stones and the New Barbarians.<ref name="circus79">{{cite news |title=Back Pages: Will Canada Get Its Pound of Flesh from Keith Richards? |last=O'Neill Jr |first=Lou |magazine=Circus |date=29 May 1979}}</ref> In September 1979, the [[Court of Appeal for Ontario|Ontario Court of Appeal]] upheld the original sentence.<ref name="rvr518">Greenspan 1990. p. 518.</ref>

In 2016, he stated that he still occasionally drinks alcohol and consumes [[hashish]] and cannabis.<ref name="blue2016">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-the-rolling-stones-new-album-blue-lonesome-w450645 |access-date=16 November 2016 |title=The Rolling Stones' New Blues: Inside Their Roots Revival, Bright Future |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=3 December 2016 |url-access=limited|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117153836/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-the-rolling-stones-new-album-blue-lonesome-w450645 |archive-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> In 2022, he revealed that he quit smoking in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://people.com/music/keith-richards-reveals-he-quit-smoking-now-has-more-stamina/ |title=Keith Richards Reveals He Quit Smoking, Now Has 'More Stamina': 'Just Put the Hammer on It' |date=15 March 2022 |access-date=3 March 2024 |website=People |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel}}</ref>

===Other details===
Richards owns [[Redlands, West Wittering|Redlands]], a Sussex estate he purchased in 1966, as well as homes in [[Weston, Connecticut]], and in the private resort island of [[Parrot Cay]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands|Turks & Caicos]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/anything-goes-keith-richards-and-patti-hansen/#1|title=Anything Goes: Keith Richards and Patti Hansen |first1=Chloe |last1=Malle |work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |date=18 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720090826/http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/anything-goes-keith-richards-and-patti-hansen/#1 |archive-date=20 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="uncut0408p38">{{cite news |title=Mick's a Maniac: Interview with Keith Richards |last=Mueller |first=Andrew |magazine=Uncut |date=April 2008 |page=38}}</ref> His primary home is in Weston.<ref name=keef>{{cite news |last=McNair |first=James |title=Keith Richards: Being, Keef |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/keith-richards-being-keef-503249.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205084007/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/keith-richards-being-keef-503249.html |archive-date=5 December 2008 |access-date=24 January 2011 |newspaper=The Independent |url-status=dead |date=20 August 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/dirt/real-estalker/keith-richards-lists-new-york-city-penthouse-1201733991/ |title=Keith Richards Gets No Satisfaction From New York City Penthouse |last=David |first=Mark |date=18 March 2016 |website=Variety |access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Renzoni|2017|p=123}} In June 2013, Richards said that he would retire with his family to Parrot Cay or Jamaica if he knew his death was coming.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/12/keith-richards-plans-to-retire-in-the-caribbean |title=Keith Richards plans to retire in the Caribbean |date=17 June 2013 |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/indepth/satisfaction.shtml |archive-date=15 January 2009}}</ref> However, in November 2016, he said, "I'd like to croak magnificently, onstage."<ref name="blue2016"/> Richards is an avid reader with a strong interest in history, and owns an extensive library.<ref name="nrpb2006">{{cite news |last=Braun |first=Liz |title=Richards Turns a New Page |newspaper=Edmonton Sun |date=8 March 2008 |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Rolling_Stones/2008/03/08/4947636-sun.html |access-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615052444/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Rolling_Stones/2008/03/08/4947636-sun.html |archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>{{sfn|Ellis|Seebohm|Sykes|1995|pp=209–212}} An April 2010 article revealed that Richards yearns to be a librarian.<ref name="article7086815">{{cite news |title=It's only books 'n' shelves but I like it |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7086815.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526165306/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7086815.ece |archive-date=26 May 2010 |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |first=John |last=Harlow |date=4 April 2010 |access-date=27 October 2011}}</ref>

Richards is fond of [[shepherd's pie]], a British traditional dish.<ref name=":2">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/464a1f09-2a03-48a3-a50d-faba53d5632d "8 pop stars and their strange food obsessions"],''BBC Music'',12/1/2017</ref> [[Stuart Cable]] recollected that while drummer for the [[Stereophonics]], he was confronted by Richards because he had served himself a piece of the shepherd's pie meant for Richards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyons |first1=Beverley |title=New book from former Stereophonics lifts lid on his pie-eyed tour with Rolling Stones |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/new-book-from-former-stereophonics-lifts-1017500 |access-date=31 January 2019 |work=Daily Record |date=6 April 2009}}</ref> The dish was also mentioned by Richards in his autobiography, advising readers to add more onions after cooking the meat filling to enhance the pie's flavour.<ref name=":2" />