The longevity of Keith Richards is a point of bafflement for drug warriors and rock groupies alike:
The Rolling Stone’s autobiography reveals a lifetime of substance abuse. Why on earth hasn’t it killed him?
His name is synonymous with rock ‘n’ roll excess, his memoirs detail a lifetime spent ingesting a Herculean quantity of illegal drugs and he only gave up cocaine, aged 62, after he split his head open falling from a tree while foraging for coconuts.
At 66, Keith Richards’ continued survival is a source of widespread bafflement.
According to addiction expert Dr Robert Lefever, director of the Promis recovery centre in Richards’ native Kent, there is only one possible explanation for his longevity: “He must have the constitution of an ox.”
