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Rock Legend Nearly Died From Heroin Overdose in 1976, New Book Claims

A newly-published biography of the Rolling Stones alleges that Mick Jagger, 82, survived a near-fatal heroin overdose in 1976, People reported, after a record executive performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at a New York City apartment.

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In a new biography about the Rolling Stones, former label chief Marshall Chess claims that Mick Jagger (82) died almost from a heroin overdose in New York in 1976. Mick apparently showed up after a partyed night in Marshall's apartment, bored and already with alcohol and presumably cocaine in his blood. The two are said to have shared a gram of heroin there – shortly afterwards the frontman went unconscious to the ground. While Marshall panicked…

In Bob Spitz's new book, "The Rolling Stones: The Biography," Marshall Chase claims he was forced to resuscitate Mick Jagger after they shared a gram of heroin. The post Mick Jagger came very close to death in 1976, according to new Rolling Stones biography appeared first on in.gr.

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Staten Island Advance broke the news in Richmond County, United States on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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