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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 12:32 pm 
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rolling Stones guitarist
Keith Richards, recovering from a head injury caused by a fall last month in Fiji, has not suffered brain damage, a spokeswoman for the band said on Tuesday.
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The Stones' New York-based publicist, Fran Curtis, issued a statement denying a report in the New Zealand Herald that Richards, 62, had undergone two surgeries since his accident and that doctors were concerned about brain damage.

"Keith Richards did not undergo a second operation. The first and only operation was done on Monday, May 8, and was 100 percent successful," the band's statement said. "There was no brain damage. He continues to improve as expected."

The European leg of the band's "A Bigger Bang" world tour would begin in June, the statement said.

The hard-living Richards, a founding member and mainstay of the band with lead singer
Mick Jagger since the Stones formed in the early 1960s, has been in Auckland, New Zealand, under medical observation and treatment since taking a fall while on vacation in the island resort of Fiji in late April.

Last week, a spokeswoman for the band said Richards had suffered only a mild concussion and would not need surgery.

But the band issued a statement on Monday acknowledging that after complaining of headaches, he had undergone "a small operation to remove the pressure."

The New Zealand Herald, citing an unnamed source, reported that Richards had undergone surgery 11 days earlier, on April 28, to stop bleeding in his skull, and that medical staff feared for his life at that time.

According to the Herald, he was discharged a few days later but was readmitted to the hospital after passing out and complaining of major headaches.

The second operation, which the newspaper described as major surgery, involved drilling holes in Richards' skull, and removing a portion of the skull, to remove blood clots.

Ascot Hospital in Auckland declined comment on the report.

Richards' two daughters -- 21-year-old Theodora and 19-year-old Alexandra -- also were reported to have arrived at the hospital to join their mother at Richards' bedside.

The Stones' publicists have given few details of Richards' fall, which happened after the band's tour through Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand. Newspaper accounts have variously reported that he fell from a tree or from a watercraft while on vacation.

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It seems odd that the story continually changes and his condition deteriorated after they first said it was a minor concussion. You'd think it was somewhat serious if he had to have surgery for swelling and that there have been no statements from him.


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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 12:35 pm 
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I have full confidence that Keith Richards may actually be immortal.

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Keef just won't dignify this crap with a response

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hasn't he been kind of in a perpetual state of near death since his birth?

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Keef's only "near death" because he's got to stay within arm's distance to keep punching him in the mouth.


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I have full confidence that Keith Richards may actually be immortal.



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Update

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was discharged from a hospital in New Zealand on Thursday following surgery to relieve pressure in his head following a fall, his publicist said.

Fran Curtis said in a brief statement that Richards would remain an outpatient at The Ascot Hospital in Auckland and would return for checkups.

Richards suffered the injury on April 27 in Fiji. News reports have variously claimed that he fell out of a palm tree or from a jet ski. It was unclear how long Richards would remain an outpatient and Curtis could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Stones' "A Bigger Bang European" tour, which was scheduled to start in Barcelona, Spain, later this month, will be postponed until June, London-based publicists LD Communications said in a statement earlier this week.


Something still seems odd, especially since he will be undergoing outpatient care in New Zealand rather than back in the UK. It's still good to read that Keef is out of the hospital.


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could they really tell if he was brain damaged or not?

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rparis74 Wrote:
could they really tell if he was brain damaged or not?


This gave me a good chuckle.

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rparis74 Wrote:
could they really tell if he was brain damaged or not?


Yeah, I almost wrote something about the brain damage he received with injury versus the damage all the drug and alcohol use has done. You would think he can't afford to lose too many more brain cells via injury.


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I have this theory that all his vices have created this strange equilibrium that keeps him from dying...


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Of course Keith is near death. He is death's right-hand man!


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