Keith Richards and His Two Famous Partners: Anita Pallenberg and Patti Hansen

Keith Richards is the Rolling Stones guitarist who had long-term relationships with both Anita Pallenberg and Patti Hansen. Pallenberg was with him from the late ’60s through the ’70s, and their chaotic, drug-heavy partnership helped shape the band’s outlaw image but also nearly tore it apart. Hansen, whom he married in 1983, brought stability and helped Richards get clean, which shifted the band’s internal dynamic considerably.

Before Richards, Pallenberg had been Brian Jones’s girlfriend. Her switch to Keith created serious bad