Mick Jagger's Near-Death Heroin OD in '76

0:00On April 27th, a new biography on the Rolling Stones drops a wild revelation. Mick Jagger almost died from a heroin overdose back in 1976. According to Marshall Chess, the former president of Rolling Stones Records, he had to resuscitate the frontman right in his New York apartment after. They split one gram of the drug. This all went down after the band's European tour that spring. Chess showed up antsy one night, already buzzed on booze and probably coke, pushing to party harder. Chess scored the heroin from a dealer, but 10 minutes in, Jagger collapsed out cold with blue lips. Chess panicked hard, slapping him and yelling before calling an ambulance and alerting Atlantic Records boss, Ahmed Ertagun. Ertagun rushed over with Faye Dunnoey and Chess gave mouth to mouth till EMS arrived with oxygen. They whist Jagger to Lennox Hill Hospital where Dunnoey helped keep it all hush hush in a private room. That close call was Chess's breaking point.

1:00He ditched hard drugs and quit the stone soon after. Jagger had faced drug key before, like a 1969 bust at his place, though he claimed it was a setup. Keith Richards battled heroin publicly till 78, and Jagger's ex Jerry Hall later said she made him quit early on with some tough love. These stories paint the raw chaos behind the rock legend shine, showing even icons like Jagger had to claw through the darkness to keep rolling. That's your update from Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI.