Healthwatch: Keith Richards In Hospital After Fall From Palm Tree
wazzzy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
suffered a mild concussion and was hospitalized Saturday, reportedly
after falling out of a tree in New Zealand.
According to media reports, Richards hurt his head after falling out of
a palm tree in Fiji. He was flown to a hospital in Auckland, New
Zealand, after the accident at an exclusive Fiji resort, media reports
said.
A spokeswoman for the band said Richards suffered a mild concussion.
She said he was treated locally, then flown to a hospital for
observation.
Richards is 62.
The Rolling Stones performed in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 18.
wazzzy
up?
homes...@netburner.net
planning to steal Keith Richard's body when he died. They were going
to cut it up into a thousand pieces and sell the pieces at $10 a hit.
Does Keith Richards have the distinction of being in dead pools the
longest without dying?
Tommie Hicks
James Neibaur
> Does Keith Richards have the distinction of being in dead pools the
> longest without dying?
I'd sure like his immune system!
mill...@intergate.com
wazzzy wrote:
> http://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/9093483/detail.html
>
> WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
> suffered a mild concussion and was hospitalized Saturday, reportedly
> after falling out of a tree in New Zealand.
>
What the hell was he doing in a palm tree?
Oogie
> I just wonder how they could confirm any type of injury from the neck
> up?
>
Such a handsome devil too! Tsk
Oogie
wazzzy
visiting relatives?
Ed Varner
wazzzy wrote:
> What the hell was he doing in a palm tree?
Waiting On A Friend?
danny burstein
> What the hell was he doing in a palm tree?
Any Martha Moxley lookalikes in the building next door?
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Charlene
TJ-BF wrote:
>
> "wazzzy" <enter...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
> > suffered a mild concussion and was hospitalized Saturday, reportedly
> > after falling out of a tree in New Zealand.
>
Nesting.
wd42
aka Bob
magnanimously proffered:
I find it hard to believe that so many people have read this post and
failed to pick up on the obvious discrepancy. He didn't fall out of a
tree in New Zealand. He fell out of a tree in Fiji and was so
seriously injured that he had to be flown to New Zealand for emergency
treatment. What I don't find hard to believe is that the Associated
Press apparently don't know the difference between Fiji and New
Zealand.
Excerpt:
"The legendary lead guitarist is understood to have made the
3.5-hour emergency flight to New Zealand after a serious accident at
the Wakaya Island resort. Mr Richards was holidaying on the island
after this month's New Zealand tour.
Resort staff told the Herald on Sunday Mr Richards had been
seriously injured, requiring emergency treatment in New Zealand.
The lead guitarist was admitted to Suva's private hospital on
Friday but required medical attention only available in Auckland."
It may be a more accurate news report, but mentioning that he once had
a heroin habit was a cheap shot:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=13&objectid=10379604
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Charlene
aka Bob wrote:
> I find it hard to believe that so many people have read this post and
> failed to pick up on the obvious discrepancy. He didn't fall out of a
> tree in New Zealand. He fell out of a tree in Fiji and was so
> seriously injured that he had to be flown to New Zealand for emergency
> treatment.
That's a good point. We were too busy giggling at the idea of a
62-year-old man falling out of a palm tree. However, it doesn't mean
that he was seriously injured. There are two possibilities here:
a) he was seriously injured and needed to be transported right away
b) his injuries are as minor as they imply, but he kicked up a fuss
because he's a Great Big Star so they transported him right away to
shut him up (more common than you'd think). If so, I hope he picks up
the medevac bills
I'm hoping it's b).
wd42
MWB
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I'm going out on a limb here....
Could be the first responder didn't know who he was, rolled him over and saw
a guy with a disfigured face. Then he most likely tried to converse with the
victim and hearing him speak realizes that something just aint right.
Mark
mill...@intergate.com
I doubt its B. Several years ago some gigs were postponed because he
fell off a ladder and broke some ribs.
Bill Schenley
> > a mild concussion and was hospitalized Saturday,
> > reportedly after falling out of a tree in New
> > Zealand.
> If he dies, he will be the perfect Darwin candidate for
> 2006!
> > Richards is 62.
Do you even know what a Darwin candidate is?
How does a 62-year-old man who has fathered five children become the
"perfect Darwin candidate?" No matter what stupid stunt he may die
from ... he will not be a Darwin candidate.
> But his mental age is closer to 9.
The audacity.
Bill Schenley
> > > > Nesting.
> > > Someone threw his Jack Daniels into a bird nest
> > > on the top branch.
> > visiting relatives?
> Waiting On A Friend?
Getting even higher ...
wazzzy
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is having top-secret treatment
in an Auckland private hospital after suffering head injuries in a fall
from a coconut tree in Fiji on Thursday.
The 62-year-old rock star, who was at a luxury resort on the exclusive
Wakaya Island, was airlifted from Suva and taken to Auckland's private
MercyAscot Hospital.
Richards was holidaying with his wife, former model Patti Hansen, after
performing two New Zealand shows with the Rolling Stones, in Auckland
on April 16 and Wellington on April 18.
Despite reports from the United Kingdom that he was critically injured
in the fall, the Sunday Star-Times understands Richards is conscious
and mobile and has not had surgery.
He could be well enough to leave hospital early this week.
MercyAscot Hospital staff refused to confirm whether Richards was a
patient.
But the Sunday Star-Times has learned Richards was assessed by Auckland
neurosurgeon Andrew Law and orthopaedic specialist Alastair Hadlow.
The decision to evacuate Richards came after he had a serious headache
following the fall and then was involved in a jetski accident.
He has been kept in hospital as a precaution but is understood to have
had brain scans.
He has also hired his own security guards.
A visitor to the hospital said Richards was last night sitting up in
bed - wearing a colourful striped beanie - with his wife by his side.
Richards was first treated at a Suva hospital before being evacuated to
New Zealand. He arrived shortly before midnight on Thursday.
Dr Uzzal Kanti Dhar, of Suva Private Hospital, said Richards was
admitted there earlier that day.
"I understand he climbed a coconut tree and fell from the tree and got
injured," he said.
Wakaya Club assistant manager Salesi Finau said he was unable to
confirm or deny Richards had been involved in an accident, but said he
was a guest at the resort last week.
"All I can say is both Keith and his wife, Patti, were here for about a
week. They were here and they had a really good holiday."
The couple had been scheduled to leave the island yesterday, he said.
Staff at the news website Fijilive. com said they understood Richards
was rushed to Suva aboard one of the light aircraft flights which
serviced Wakaya, a 12-minute flight from Nausori airport, near Suva.
An airport source had reported seeing Richards disembark from the
aircraft at Nausori.
Fijian air traffic control said a Medivac flight took place from Suva
to Auckland on Thursday.
Fiji is a particular holiday favourite with the Stones, who wrote a
song called "Fiji Gin" in the late 1970s.
Accommodation rates at the Wakaya Club range from $2000 to $7600 a
night for a minimum of five nights.
The resort, owned by Canadian David Gilmour and his New Zealand-born
wife Jill, has reportedly hosted Pierce Brosnan, Russell Crowe, Nicole
Kidman, Bill Gates, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion and Rupert Murdoch.
Sarns
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> "Oogie" <al_r...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Today (at 62), he is just a devil.
BWWAHHHHH HAHAHAHAHA i like that :-)
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Sarns
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Might have been trying to get coconuts with the locals...seriously... you
know the whole 'experience the culture while you are there' trick
aka Bob
magnanimously proffered:
>MercyAscot Hospital staff refused to confirm whether Richards was a
>patient.
He certainly picked one of the best private hospitals in NZ. It's more
like a luxury hotel - not that I ever want to stay there again. But it
made being in hospital much less of a chore.
Brian Watson
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There's quite a lot from that generation who have been unlikely survivors
(Brian Wilson and Pete Townshend to name but two).
The earlier rockers were SO much more sensible.
;-)
--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."
gung...@yahoo.com
And how ironic if he were to die from something OTHER than drugs, booze
or smoking?
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King Daevid MacKenzie
> There's quite a lot from that generation who have been unlikely survivors
> (Brian Wilson and Pete Townshend to name but two).
>
> The earlier rockers were SO much more sensible.
>
> ;-)
...I have a friend who books musical acts for the Oktoberfest
celebration in La Crosse. Before coming here, he worked in the same
capacity at one of the Indian tribe-owned casinos in Wisconsin. I think
I'll have him pass that comment along to three of his aquaintances --
Jerry Lee Lewis, Wayne Cochran and Lonnie Mack. I suspect they'll laugh
themselves silly at it ;-) ...
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heard occasionally at http://www.radio4all.net
http://www.myspace.com/kingdaevid
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Wendy Chatley Green
:
Dying from a fall from a palm ensures his status for all time
as a trivia answer.
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Oogie
Does anyone believe that Keith Richards could be an organ donor?
Oogie
James Neibaur
>> There's quite a lot from that generation who have been unlikely survivors
>> (Brian Wilson and Pete Townshend to name but two).
>>
>> The earlier rockers were SO much more sensible.
>>
>> ;-)
>
> ...I have a friend who books musical acts for the Oktoberfest
> celebration in La Crosse. Before coming here, he worked in the same
> capacity at one of the Indian tribe-owned casinos in Wisconsin. I think
> I'll have him pass that comment along to three of his aquaintances --
> Jerry Lee Lewis, Wayne Cochran and Lonnie Mack. I suspect they'll laugh
> themselves silly at it ;-) ..
I am surprised that Jerry Lee is the survivor of the Million Dollar Quartet,
and Brian outlived his whole family and Eugene Landy.
JN
King Daevid MacKenzie
> I am surprised that Jerry Lee [Lewis] is the survivor of the Million Dollar Quartet,
> and Brian [Wilson] outlived his whole family and Eugene Landy.
...believe me, Jerry Lee is more surprised at that than you or I could
ever be ;-) ...
James Neibaur
>> I am surprised that Jerry Lee [Lewis] is the survivor of the Million Dollar
>> Quartet,
>> and Brian [Wilson] outlived his whole family and Eugene Landy.
>
> ...believe me, Jerry Lee is more surprised at that than you or I could
> ever be ;-) ...
now why would Jerry Lee be surprised about Brian Wilson?
(rimshot)
JN
Brian Watson
"King Daevid MacKenzie" <echoes...@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Brian Watson sez:
>>
>> The earlier rockers were SO much more sensible.
>>
>> ;-)
>
> ...I have a friend who books musical acts for the Oktoberfest celebration
> in La Crosse. Before coming here, he worked in the same capacity at one of
> the Indian tribe-owned casinos in Wisconsin. I think I'll have him pass
> that comment along to three of his aquaintances --
> Jerry Lee Lewis, Wayne Cochran and Lonnie Mack. I suspect they'll laugh
> themselves silly at it ;-) ...
Good.
It'll make MY day if it makes THEIR day.
:-)
--
Brian
R H Draney
>
>Does anyone believe that Keith Richards could be an organ donor?
Nah, gotta be a guitar donor...you're thinking of Rick Wakeman....r
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what they tell me I'm supposed to like.
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>
>wazzzy wrote:
>> http://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/9093483/detail.html
>>
>> WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
>> suffered a mild concussion and was hospitalized Saturday, reportedly
>> after falling out of a tree in New Zealand.
>
>What the hell was he doing in a palm tree?
Escaping the herd of purple buffaloes that were after him....r
James Neibaur
> Nah, gotta be a guitar donor...you're thinking of Rick Wakeman....r
OK, You're going to have to go home now.
JN
Sarns
More like an organ grinder
Sarns
Brian Watson
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>> Does anyone believe that Keith Richards could be an organ donor?
>
> More like an organ grinder
And that would make Mick....?
Sarns
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> "Sarns" <newl...@wahooo.com> wrote in message
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>
>>> Does anyone believe that Keith Richards could be an organ donor?
>>
>> More like an organ grinder
>
> And that would make Mick....?
>
> ;-)
LMFAOOO i like it Bri :-)
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achieve very much that can be praised by their remote decendants" - Lord
Macaulay
Brian Watson
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> "Brian Watson" <WACC...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Sarns" <newl...@wahooo.com> wrote in message
>> news:0%i5g.6888$0Y5....@news.xtra.co.nz...
>>
>>
>>>> Does anyone believe that Keith Richards could be an organ donor?
>>>
>>> More like an organ grinder
>>
>> And that would make Mick....?
>>
>> ;-)
>
>
> LMFAOOO i like it Bri :-)
Yeah, but that's the logical follow-on to my post about "It's only rock 'n
roll..." and someone's beaten you to that.
:-))