What a drag: Retired rock chick Anita Pallenberg shows her age after years of wild partying with the Rolling Stones

By Richard Simpson

She was once the most famous rock chick around, capturing the hearts of at least two Rolling Stones.
Anita Pallenberg toured the world with the band, while her interest in the occult influenced their music and their shows.
These days, however, her once-outrageous lifestyle extends to nothing more wild than a trip to Waitrose.
After stocking up on groceries, the 65-year-old former model emerged from the store in Chichester, looking grumpy as she lit a cigarette.
She then returned - by chauffeur-driven car - to the farmhouse she shares with her son Marlon, 41.
Miss Pallenberg first met the Stones in 1965 when she and a friend went backstage at their concert in Munich.
She began a two-year affair with Brian Jones, then moved in with Keith Richards.
They stayed together for more than 12 years and had three children: Marlon, Dandelion (later renamed Angela), now 37, and Tara, who was born in 1976 but died in his cot at the age of ten weeks.
She and Richards eventually parted in 1980, allegedly on the advice of lawyers because they were said to be a bad influence on each other.
This followed their 1977 arrest in Toronto for heroin possession which at the time threatened to destroy the Stones.
Richards was threatened with a seven-year sentence for importing narcotics after the drug was found in his hotel room.
He eventually escaped with a suspended sentence, however, when the prosecutor conceded the guitarist had obtained the heroin in Canada.
Richards is now married to Patti Hansen but remains close to Miss Pallenberg.
So close, in fact, that when he is in the U.S., where he must spend much of the year as a tax exile, she looks after Redlands, his Sussex estate.

"Time can tear down a building.
Or destroy a woman's face..."

The stories that woman could tell.
But I doubt she'll ever break her silence.

LJ.

Wow I hope I dont look that old at 65! She lives with Marlon so that's probably why KEEF has a close relationship with her, and she is the mother of 2 of his kids. Once you have kids with someone that relationship normally lasts a lifetime.  It's only natural when you share the precious gift of life with someone. It's almost impossible to sever that bond.

Pretty mean spirited if you ask me.  The paper published those pictures for nothing but shock value.  Nothing newsworthy - people AGE unless they die young.  She wasn't out making an ass of herself like Ronnie - she was shopping.  I say more power to you, Anita, for having the courage to be yourself.

Typical disgusting British tabloid approach to ageing - ie, getting cheap thrills at highlighting the fact that a once young and beautiful celebrity is getting older and her past lifestyle has caught up with her.  Anita's looks went over 30 years ago. What's the big story?

So, a ravaged looking woman (whose appearance hasnt been helped by the fact that she has Hepatitis C, which they chose not to mention) goes shopping and because of the weather doesnt dress in a flattering manner. Hardly comedy gold.

I said this yesterday on IORR.  I admire Anita for not doing the plastic surgery/botox thing.  She is aging with dignity.  It's clear from the photos that the weather is cold and nasty.  I know I looked like hell when I went to get groceries when the major cold blast hit here the other day.  Why should she get dressed to the nines and do hair and make up to go buy groceries?  Let the woman be.

Why the shock?
This is our culture.
Women who are not young, pretty, pencil thin, perfectly coiffed and dressed impeccably are dismissed, deemed less than
beautiful and the fodder of jokes.

It's okay for men to age.
It's not for women.

Anita is a survivor. She's never attempted to make money by writing a tell all book or granting interviews.
I admire her greatly and wish her all the best.

LJ.

Gazza wrote on Jan 10^th, 2010 at 12:27pm:


I think the Stones are partly mocked due to the fact that they are still, technically, a functioning rock n’ roll band: something, that is still to many, deemed to be something for the youngsters. The fact that there are so many sixty-something’s out there performing out there every night, seems lost on the moronic majority who laugh along with the juvenile tabloid mockery.

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Jan 10^th, 2010 at 2:57pm:



True, but the ageist comments still take place on occasions when they're being photographed when not working - which, lets face it, is pretty much all the time these days!

Now i know what the Blair Witch looks like.

Sioux wrote on Jan 10^th, 2010 at 5:30pm:



When Keith is back at Redlands, Anita is a regular guest and often stays there.

They've always remained good friends and she gets on well with Patti.

Keith has always been something of a class act when it comes to women.

On a side note, Anita was in line next to me at the Rattlesnake Inn at the final 02 show when we were getting dinner. Obviously, she's aged as you would expect from a woman in her mid 60s who had a 10 year heroin addiction, but she didnt look anything like she does in these photographs.

She looks like a woman who has lived a life, really lived.....more power to her and i think she's looks seasoned.
She's still here... i admire people who survive with their sense of selves intact.
The US tabloids are bad enough, but dang, the UK corners market on cheap shots, salacious inuendo etc...
They're shamless.

Tabloids are useless trash and I don't understand who's reading them.
And yes, this fixation with a certain standard of beauty, along with the disrespect for a person as they get older is getting really stupid... 

Anita's face is full of character, same as Keith's, and I really like that. I don't think one has to be Barbie material to be beautiful.