 Keef ... we wonder what he`ll do with his mum`s ashes / File |
THE mother of rocker Keith Richards has died at the age of 91 from cancer.
The Rolling Stone, 63, had been keeping a vigil at his mother Doris`s bedside since her diagnosis.Richards extended his stay in London to be with his mother, who died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday.
The star`s spokesman, Bernard Doherty, said: “Doris Richards, aged 91, mother of Rolling Stone Keith Richards, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 21 April 2007.
The rocker`s father, Bert, died in 2002 at the age of 84.
Richards recently retracted a comment in a magazine interview that he snorted his father`s ashes in a line of cocaine.
The guitarist, who underwent brain surgery after falling from a palm tree, said the quotes had been “lost in translation” and that they were a joke.