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Memorial Tips from Keith Richards

April 15, 2008 urngarden.com

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In this month’s Blender magazine Keith Richards answers a fan’s email:

Can you clear up once and for all the thing about snorting your dad’s ashes- I’ve seen you quoted as saying that you did, then that you didn’t and then recently that you did. Which is it?

Richards’ Reply: It’s about halfway in between. You want the latest story? All right, all right. I opened my dad’s ashes, and some of them blew out over the table, just because of the suction of the lid- you know what I mean? And I no longer do cocaine- I’m not allowed to since I broke my head open, otherwise I’d be right in, baby! Nothing stops the old snorter! But I can’t do it; I don’t do it. I looked at my dad’s ashes down there and- what am I gonna do? Do I desecrate them with a dustbin and broom? So I wet me finger, and I shoved a little bit of Dad up me hooter. The rest of them I put round an oak tree, which is coming up a treat. And I’m sure he’s still blessin’ me.

Filed Under: ash scattering, cremation, Memorial Service Ideas, mental health Tagged With: cremation ashes, Keith Richards

You Can’t Make It Up

April 4, 2007 urngarden.com

Greetings!

Sorry to hear of the passing of John Stone, didn’t know the man personally, however, we had just discovered his blog. We didn’t always agree with his viewpoint, but it made for interesting reading. RIP. Chatter has the story.

Beam me up! The ashes of Star Trek’s Scotty and one of NASAs first astronauts are once more bound for the final frontier, this time aboard a privately-built rocket to launch from New Mexico April 27th.

Keith Richards and his dad were very close. Keith admits to adding some of his dad’s ashes to a line of “blow” and snorting. Nice. Update.

In a statement posted on the Rolling Stones Web site, Richards said:

”The complete story is lost in the usual slanting! The truth of the matter is that I planted a sturdy English Oak. I took the lid off the box of ashes and he is now growing oak trees and would love me for it!!! I was trying to say how tight Bert and I were. That tight!!! I wouldn’t take cocaine at this point in my life unless I wished to commit suicide.”
Today’s tip: Eat, drink, and be very merry.

Filed Under: ash scattering, Confessions, cremation, Memorial Service Ideas, mental health, obituaries, urns Tagged With: Beam Me Up, John Stone, Keith Richards, Star Trek Scotty

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