Probably some serious exaggeration in that article, but maybe some truth in too.
Ronnie could well turn out to be remembered as the stupidest man in the history of rock n roll.
Gets handed the dream job of joining the biggest, greatest and richest band in the world - and still manages to blow it.
Gets the choice in the late 70s of becoming a fully paid up member or taking an annual salary for a long term basis - and picks the wrong option, almost leaving himself bankrupt.
Makes a multi million pound fortune several times over - and squanders it every couple of years due to his multiple addictions and a lack of financial acumen which would be akin to that of a ten year old.
Gets told on several occasions that he has to give up smoking and drinking or he'll die - and still persists in drinking like a fish and smoking like a chimney.
Meets probably the only woman who would willingly put up with constant drunkenness and spells of rehab for 25 years - and ditches her for a 20 year old mentally unstable bunny boiler who works as a 'cocktail waitress' in a club which later gets raided as a vice den.
How much babysitting can one man need?
Pitiful.
It's unfortunately getting harder to envisage anything other than a horrible ending to all of this.