WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors are concerned Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards could suffer from brain damage after undergoing two surgeries following a fall while holidaying in Fiji, the New Zealand Herald reported on Wednesday. The newspaper said Richards had undergone an operation at a hospital in New Zealand on Monday to relieve a blood clot on the brain which involved drilling a hole through the skull. Subdural hematoma can be caused by mild knocks to the head. His London publicists confirmed on Monday that he had surgery but did not disclose the details. They said it was a success and he was expected to recover in a few weeks. The Herald said Richards had his first operation on April 28 to stop bleeding in his skull. A spokesman at the Ascot Hospital in Auckland declined to comment on the report. Richards' two daughters -- 21-year-old Theodora and 19-year-old Alexandra -- were also reported to have arrived at Auckland's Ascot Hospital on Tuesday to join their mother at Richards' bedside. The 62-year-old rocker had been under medical observation in Auckland following the fall in late April. Richards was flown to Auckland after the accident while holidaying in Fiji following the end of the Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand leg of a world tour. Along with lead singer Mick Jagger, Richards has been the backbone of the Rolling Stones since the 1960s His history of arrests and drug abuse in younger years has given him the reputation as rock 'n' roll's ultimate survivor. He pokes fun at his checkered past by greeting concert audiences with the catchphrase, "Good to be here, good to be anywhere." He has suffered his fair share of freak accidents. In 1998, he broke three ribs and punctured a lung falling from a ladder while reaching for a book in his library. In 1990, one of his fingers got infected after he punctured it on a guitar string. In both cases, the Stones were forced to postpone concerts. http://today.reuters.com/News/newsA...23928Z_01_N02309188_RTRUKOC_0_US-RICHARDS.xml
Keith can't die! He's frickin' immortal. He'll pull right out of this thing and be puffing on a *** within days. Trust me. This guy has the constitution of a battleship. Or I could be wrong.....
I wonder what the Vegas odds were on "subdural hematoma after falling while on vacation in Fiji" in the Keith Richards death pool...
The article didn't make it sound like a bed side death watch -- just the title If anyones parent needed a brain operation I think the children would want to be there (especially ones with the means to be there)
Seriously Keith Richards should be dead by now. Its a modern miracle of science that he is alive. Hell just look at his worn out face...... That being said, I need to go see the Stones before someone dies......
We don't know the circumstances. He could have been up in that tree shooting heroin into his toes, playing a Howlin' Wolf album on a portable hi-fi, ripping the sixth string off his guitar, telling 17-year Fijian hookers about the long weekend he spent with a mustachioed dragon spirit.
This is a right-away letter, I've got to mail it today Straight to my main inspirer, says urgent from the USA Its got this heart inside it, the postage is my soul Contains a message from millions, says Keith don't go 10000 guitars wailin', but it ain't quite the same You've got a knack for sailin', and it's stamped with your own brand name We's all sailors, as captain you must know You bring a message to millions, says Keith don't go I said Keith don't go; Don't take my fun Keith don't go; Keith don't go We miss our father Jimi, it's hard to breathe with that loss But I still got you brother, don't nail yourself to a cross I watch you lead the pack, you put the drive into my soul You bring a message to millions, says Keith don't go
