Keith Richards Attends Dr’s Funeral That Gave Him 6 Mos. to Live in 1978

Keith Richards Attends Funeral. Doctors and medical personnel have been telling Keith Richards that he is not long for the world since 1968. Well, the Rolling Stones guitarist has outlived yet another of those Doctors.

Richards attended the funeral over the weekend and took a smiling selfie at the grave site of Dr. Nigel Cornish. Dr. Cornish was Richard’s personnel physician for a few years in the 1970s. He often told Keith that he would not be long for the world.

Wrong Again

“The good doctor Cornish was a very nice man” said Keith, “but he was always telling me I was going to die. I just ran into him last month and he again said that he couldn’t believe I was still alive but that I wouldn’t live to see the summer. Looks like the good doctor was wrong again.”

Keith Richards Attends Dr's Funeral That Gave Him 6 Mos. to Live in 1978

“Every Doctor I ever went to told me the same thing. That I had a drug problem. Stop the drugs, stop the drinking, stop the ladies, stop the smoking. I always told them that I don’t have a drug problem but I do have a police problem. I have now outlived every Doctor who told me that I would be dead in 6 months. There were over 37 of these guys. Some old, some young but they all have the same thing in common now. They are dead and buried but I am still alive and well.”

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Dr. Cornish was the one that told Keith about the blood cleaning therapy that helped him kick Heroin in 1973. However, Richards was back on drugs 3 days later. This went on for a few years with Keith going to Switzerland yearly to have his blood scrubbed. No one is quite clear where that blood came from. Rumors are the origin of this blood may be the reason for Richards longevity.

Outlived Them All

“I have outlived them all” said Keith. “Doctors, cops, drug rehab people, Nancy Reagan, Betty Ford, Michael Jackson, and even Betty White. I was surprised by that one, I thought for sure she was gonna live forever. I miss that old bird.”