New book reveals how Mick Jagger cheated death twice: ‘Lips were turning blue’

Mick Jagger cheated decease not erstwhile but twice, according to a caller Rolling Stones biography.

In 1976, nan stone band’s frontman allegedly almost overdosed aft doing heroin astatine grounds shaper Marshall Chess’ New York City flat connected East 69th Street, Bob Spitz writes successful his recently released book, “The Rolling Stones: The Biography.”

Chess claims successful nan book that Jagger paid a late-night sojourn to him aft different statement looking to people immoderate drugs.

Even though Chess was allegedly trying to footwear narcotics astatine nan time, he says he hopped into Jagger’s limo and visited a “Buddhist heroin dealer, he knew who was astatine nan beck and telephone of New York junkies twenty-four hours a day.”

Chess claims successful nan book that he and Jagger, now 82, “shared a small gram of heroin,” and 10 minutes later, Jagger “collapsed connected nan floor.”

“Mick was retired cold,” Spitz writes. “Chess tried dragging him upright, moreover slapped him a mates of times, but – nothing,” and soon, Jagger’s “lips were turning blue.”

“I didn’t cognize what other to do,” Chess recalled. “I was freaked. Mick Jagger’s gonna dice successful my f–king apartment.”

Chess called for an ambulance, and he besides called nan erstwhile president of Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun, who arrived moments later pinch Faye Dunaway successful tow. At nan time, nan character was joined to Peter Wolf, nan frontman for nan J. Geils Band, who were signed to Atlantic Records.

Dunaway reportedly called a pal, nan president of adjacent Lenox Hill Hospital, “who arranged a room wherever they could stash Mick truthful location would beryllium nary publicity,” while Chess performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until EMS arrived.

The “Satisfaction” vocalist was allegedly put connected oxygen by EMS “at which constituent he started breathing again.”

The 2nd clip nan “Miss You” vocalist escaped decease was a small much lighthearted.

In 1984, nan set gathered successful Amsterdam to talk their early and spot complete immoderate wounded feelings.

One night, Jagger and Keith Richards went retired drinking together and returned to their edifice astatine astir 5 successful nan morning.

The vocalist picked up nan phone, dialed drummer Charlie Watts’ room, and bellowed, “Where’s my drummer?”

Twenty minutes later, Watts, impeccably dressed successful a Savile Row suit, wordlessly grabbed Jagger by nan collar and shouted, “Don’t ever telephone maine your drummer!” and “then he hauled disconnected and belted Mick quadrate successful nan jaw.”

Richards recalled watching Jagger autumn “backward onto a sheet of smoked salmon” and descent “perilously crossed a array toward an unfastened model and nan canal below.”

“I conscionable grabbed his limb and saved him from going out,” Richards said.

The book besides delves into Richards’ heroin addiction and guitarist Bill Wyman’s activity life.

A spokesperson for Jagger did not respond to Page Six’s petition for comment.