Keith Richards at 80: How and why is this possible?
EIGHTY!!
Really? You would have thought he would be a member of the 27 Club instead of making it til eighty. You would have thought his habits and lifestyle would have got him in his forties or fifties with cancer or a heart attack like so many other men.
And yet, here we are. December 18, 2023. And Keith Richards is celebrating his eightieth birthday.
It’s shocking, and maybe if we take a deeper look at his life, maybe not so much.
One of the keys to making it to this age is by staying active and doing things that you love and keep you happy. You can't get much more active than doing what The Rolling Stones have been doing. The band just released a new studio album and is getting ready to tour America again. My guess is this isn't the last time time either. They never talk in those terms unlike so many of their fellow musicians.
Plus, Keith has a stable home life. He’s been married to Pattie Hansen for forty years. He even has five grandchildren. Pretty normal stuff, right? Especially for a guy in a not-so-normal career profession.
You add it all up and it equals EIGHTY!
Maybe all the memes and jokes are correct. We're leaving the world to the cockroaches, Willie Nelson and Keith Richards.
Happy Birthday, Keith. We’ll celebrate with you again in ten years when you reach ninety. That is if the rest of us are still here.