Keith Richards Issues Ashes Statement.... Rolling Stone Keith Richards has issued a statement denying he snorted his father's ashes - in a bid to end the worldwide media frenzy over his controversial confession.The guitarist was stunned when what he claims was a joke about mixing the ashes of his dead dad Bert with cocaine and then snorting them, made headlines around the world.His manager Jane Rose on Wednesday (04Apr07) insisted the comment - made during an interview with British music magazine Nme - was a joke.And now hard-living Richards himself says in a statement, "I wouldn't take cocaine at this point in my life unless I wished to commit suicide."The truth of the matter is that I planted a sturdy English Oak.

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