Shirley Watts, the widow of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, has died at age 84.
Their only known crisis happened in the mid-1980s, when Charlie Watts struggled with heroin addiction, a time he would later say nearly cost him his marriage. He was otherwise regarded as so devoted to his wife, and daughter Seraphina, that journalists essentially left him alone.
“It was quite appalling being pitched into the life of the Rolling Stones,” she said. “I really got lost for about 25 years and I’ve never been able to cope with it. There’s been lots of anger, much of it very, very deep. I like the people in the group — up to a point. But I’ve always hated the way rock music and its world treat women and particularly the Rolling Stones’ attitude. There is no respect.
“She was so funny and clever, and she had the most infectious laugh you’d ever heard,” Charlie Watts said of her when interviewed byin 2000. “And I loved the world she was in, the world of art and sculpting. I just admired Shirley very, very much.” Without informing the other Stones, the Watts married in Bradford and had a quiet lunch at a nearby pub. According to Paul Sexton’s, a 2022 biography of the late drummer written with his family’s cooperation, Charlie Watts initially denied reports that he was married, telling thethat “it would do a great deal of harm to my career if the story got around.” But Shirley happily confirmed theNeither Charlie nor Shirley liked drawing attention to themselves, but at times they did so anyway.
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