Keith Bio

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FULL NAME:

Keith John Moon

DATE OF BIRTH:

23rd August 1946

PARENTS:

Alfred Charles Moon (nickname; 'Nobby') and Kathleen Winifred Moon (nee Hopley, nickname; 'Kit')

SIBLINGS:

Two sisters, Linda Margaret and Lesley Anne.

SIGNIFICANT OTHERS:

Maryse Elizabeth Patricia Kerrigan, his first wife; Pamela des Barres, some American bird who he had a two year affair with. She wasn't crucial in the whole Keith Moon thing, but still deserves a mention due to the fact she tried so hard to help him come to terms with the death of his chauffeur and good friend Neil Boland, and of course, Annette Walter-Lax, his fiancee at the time of his all too early death.

CHILDREN:

A daughter, Amanda Jane.

CAREER

His best friend at the time, Gerry Evans, was drummer in a band called The Escorts. Keith sometimes played instead of him without Gerry even being told of the gigs. Then his next band was The Beachcombers, who he stayed with until he joined The Who, the band with whom he found fame, fortune, but not necessarily happiness... It's sad. :'-(

CELEB CHUMS:

You name it, he was mates with them. His best friends were people like Ringo Starr, Oliver Reed, members of The Small Faces and Herman's Hermits, John Entwistle and Pete Townshend.

TYPICAL LOON BEHAVIOUR:

Scarily enough, there was no such thing as that. You'll have to read my Keith's Stories page to find out a few things he did!

MAIN PLACES OF RESIDENCE:

He lived in a few places, but after he became famous, the two places of note were Tara (woah, that's *here*!) and Flat 9, 12 Curzon Place in Mayfair.

DEATH:

Sadly, he died in his sleep in Flat 9, 12 Curzon Place, due to an accidental overdose on Hemeneverine, the 'good pills' as Annette had so ironically called them, used to help cure his alcoholism. It was on 7th September 1978.

FINAL WORDS:

"Well, if you don't like it then you can f&*$ off!" - to Annette, just before he fell into a sleep from which he still hasn't awoken. *sob* Sorry, it still gets me.

NICKNAMES:

Moonie, Moon the Loon, The Patent British Exploding Drummer.

ASHES SCATTERED:

Golders Green Crematorium, London, England in section 3P.

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