A gallery of images from the life of the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist
Keith, aged 4, on his first tricycle at Southend-on-Sea, in a photo taken by his mother. (Copyright Keith Richard)Doris Richards
The band in London in 1964: (l-r) Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman (Getty Images)Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Keith Richards (centre) with Mick Jagger (left) being interviewed by a CBC reporter in Toronto in an undated photo from the 1960s.
The band in 1967
Mick and Keith in Keith's French villa in 1971, the place where Exile on Main Street was recorded. (Getty Images)DOMINIQUE TARLE/Getty Images
Performing with Jagger in 1972
Keith Richards in a surprise appearance at New York's Bottom Line night club on Oct. 26, 1978. (AP photo)The Associated Press
Keith Richards in 1989 with his Canadian "blind angel," Rita Bedard, the girl he credited with saving him and his band during his 1978 court battle in Canada. Bedard was a huge fan who sent him letters of support. They finally met in Montreal in 1989.
Keith with Patti Hansen and daughters Alexandra (right) and Theodora in 1992. (Annie Leibovitz photo)© Annie Leibovitz
Keith in 1992 (AP photo)The Associated Press
Jagger and Richards in a preview concert for their "Voodoo Lounge" tour at RPM night club in Toronto in July 1994. (CP photo)The Canadian Press
Playing in Brussels in 1995 (AP photo)Jacques Collet/The Associated Press
Keith with his father Bert in 1997. (Photo by Max Vadukul)© Max Vadukul
Belting out a tune in April 1998 during the Bridges to Babylon tour. (Globe and Mail photo)Andrew Danson/The Globe and Mail
Jagger and Richards in Boston in 1999: The band was the biggest earning concert act of the year. (AP photo)ELISE AMENDOLA/The Associated Press
Richards at New York's Madison Square Garden during an NBA playoff game in 2001. (Reuters)MIKE SEGAR/Reuters
Keith Richards visits the Art Gallery of Ontario exhibition "Voyage into Myth" in Toronto in 2002. (AGO photo)Carlo Catenazzi
Richards performs at the so-called "SARS-stock" concert at Downsview Park in Toronto in July 30, 2003. (Reuters)MIKE CASSESE/Reuters
Richards at a press conference at the Juilliard School of Music in New York on May 10, 2005, when the band announced its latest tour. (Reuters)GARY HERSHORN/Reuters
Grooving in Milan, Italy, on July 11, 2006 during the European leg of band's "Bigger Bang" tour. (Getty Images)Getty Images/Getty Images
Performing in 2006 in Los Angeles. (AFP/Getty Images)GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP / Getty Images
In Madrid in 2007 (AFP/Getty Images)BRU GARCIA/AFP / Getty Images
Richards expresses a comment sentiment about press photographers at the premiere of "Shine A Light", Martin Scorcese's film of the band in concert, on March 30, 2008. (AFP photo)NICHOLAS ROBERTS/AFP / Getty Images
The remaining original Rolling Stones in 2010: Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards arrive at a screening of a new documentary, "Stones in Exile", on May 11, 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (AFP/Getty Images)STAN HONDA/AFP / Getty Images
Keith in his library in his Connecticutt home. (photo by Christopher Sykes)© Christopher Sykes
Keith Richards, 1943-??. (Photo by Peter Lindbergh)Peter Lindbergh
Bonus image: Mick (rear) and Keith, as painted by bandmate Ron Wood in 2004. (Getty Images)Chris Jackson/Getty Images