She had a wild relationship with Keith Richards, and as her obit offered, “She almost single-handedly engineered a cultural revolution in London,” Faithfull wrote, “by bringing together the Stones and the jeunesse dorée” — the young, fashionable and rich. “The Stones came away with a patina of aristocratic decadence that . . . transformed the Stones from pop stars into cultural icons.”... Throughout the 1960s, Ms. Pallenberg seemed to be everywhere. She grew up in Rome and was an international model who spoke several languages; she was part of Andy Warhol’s eclectic group of artists at the Factory in New York, where she became friendly with Beat Generation writers Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs; she acted in films alongside Jane Fonda and Marlon Brando."
She is the woman of "Gimmie Shelter": "Richards later wrote that on the day he realized Jagger and Ms. Pallenberg were having an affair, he composed the opening lyrics to one of the Stones’ greatest songs, “Gimme Shelter,” accompanied by a snarling guitar riff: Oh, a storm is threat’ning, My very life today. If I don’t get some shelter Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away..."
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RIP, Tyrant woman. You made it past 40, so you exceeded your expectations...
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