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How Lorne Michaels helped keep Keith Richards from a life sentence after the Rolling Stones hosted “SNL ”(exclusive)
Two weeks before the trial, Richards had been at the RCA Building preparing to act as host, with the rest of the Stones, on SNL’s season premiere. A memo had circulated beforehand, about ...
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How Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Exit Prison Following Rolling Stones' “SNL” Hosting Gig
The SNL creator served as a character witness for Richards, 81, in Toronto. In 1977, Richards was caught by Canadian Mounties in Toronto’s Harbour Castle Hilton, where he had 22 grams of heroin ...
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How SNL Creator Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Avoid Life in Prison
Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels helping Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards avoid a life sentence in Canadian prison sounds like, well, an SNL skit. But in 1977, life really would ...
How Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Exit Prison Following Rolling Stones' SNL Hosting Gig
Lorne Michaels helped Keith Richards avoid jail time following the Rolling Stones' 'SNL' hosting gig in 1978. Richards most recently made an appearance at the sketch show's 50th anniversary special.