# Keith Richards Appears To Be Walking In This Picture, But Is He Really (Still) Alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698 "2004-03-16T20:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/1 "2004-03-16T20:29:55Z")
Covering 2/3 of page 5 of Today’s NY Post was [this picture\* of Keith Richards](http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/johnbuckwld/detail?.dir=/Mail+Attachments&.dnm=e813.jpg) & his daughter, Theodora @ last night’s RnR HoF. Like the old saying goes, ‘A picture’s worth a thousand words’ - but that’s not gonna stop me from asking: Is this really a picture of Keith going into the Waldorf Astoria, or just a publicity photo for the new Dawn of The Dead film being released Friday. How ironic that just over 2 weeks ago American gerontologist David Demko said [Keith Richards “should have died in 1996”](http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&art_id=iol1078141882740K100&set_id=1). I couldn’t agree more with his premise, but I’m still not 100% certain he’s correct about Richard’s being amongst the living. \*Photo © [WireImage.com](http://WireImage.com) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/2 "2004-03-16T21:05:35Z")
Well, he _is_ wearing sunglasses - maybe it’s a _Weekend At Bernie’s_ kind of setup, and his daughter is just dragging him around so she can get into the A list parties. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/3 "2004-03-16T21:17:22Z")
Cocaine is a hell of a drug… (I think I watch too much TV) ---
**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/4 "2004-03-16T21:41:27Z")
Keith’s still alive – it’s _Paul_ that’s dead. [/obscure ancient joke] ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/5 "2004-03-16T22:57:59Z")
When he dies, I want to make some gloves out of him. Thats some serious tough hide, there! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/6 "2004-03-16T23:19:30Z")
Isn’t there a sign of the apocalypse about the dead walking the earth? ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/7 "2004-03-17T00:08:41Z")
I guess the annual total blood replacement counts for something. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/8 "2004-03-17T01:51:37Z")
Did anyone click on the next\> and look at the next picture in the slideshow? ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/9 "2004-03-17T01:54:38Z")
C’mon, folks. Keith’s been dead and embalmed for 20 years. The coke just hasn’t worn off yet. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/10 "2004-03-17T01:56:59Z")
I saw him in live and in person a year or so ago…he came out with the appropriate “It’s great to be here…it’s great to be anywhere”. Despite this it seemed that he was still alive. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/11 "2004-03-17T02:22:56Z")
> [@In Conceivable](#): > > Cocaine is a hell of a drug… > > (I think I watch too much TV) Yeah… that’s the worst thing Keith Richards ever did… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/12 "2004-03-17T03:06:55Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Did anyone click on the next\> and look at the next picture in the slideshow? Wacky, but funny. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/13 "2004-03-17T12:29:52Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > Yeah… that’s the worst thing Keith Richards ever did… :rolleyes: I don’t think you get the joke. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/14 "2004-03-17T13:05:51Z")
> [@](#): > > How ironic that just over 2 weeks ago American gerontologist David Demko said Keith Richards “should have died in 1996”. Maybe he would have… if he was human. Which I’m inclined to doubt for exactly this reason. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/15 "2004-03-17T13:33:38Z")
Even if he is a zombie, he inspired Johnny Depp to create one of the sexiest characters I’ve ever seen. Hats off to him. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-appears-to-be-walking-in-this-picture-but-is-he-really-still-alive/234698/16 "2004-03-17T13:43:39Z")
“Richards wears his war wounds like a crown…” Or something. Lay off the guy. He’s a little worn, but he rocks better than any act that’s come out in the last 10 years. Easy.