The Stones began, Watts said, вЂњas white blokes fromВ EnglandВ playing Black American musicвЂќ but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound. He joined the Stones early in 1963 and remained over the next 60 years, ranked just behind Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the groupвЂ™s longest lasting and most essential member. The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the band rose from its scruffy beginnings to international superstardom. He is married to model Lucie de la Falaise and has three children.вЂњCharlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,вЂќ Doherty said.Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an undefined health issue. As an adult, heвЂ™s worked as a gallery curator, graphic artist and photographer and counts Liv Tyler, Kate Moss and Johnny DeppВ as personal friends. Marlon grew up with a passion for the arts, studying at New YorkвЂ™s Parsons School of Design. During the darkest days of KeithвЂ™s drug use, it was Marlon who woke him up for gigs, cleaned up his drugs, kept the police away and made sure dad didnвЂ™t pass out when driving вЂ¦ all before the age of eight. The legend is that he learned to count with elevator buttons and his first words were вЂњroom service.вЂќ Marlon contributed a handful of short passages for his dadвЂ™s 2010 memoir Life, in which he talks about his role as his fatherвЂ™s keeper. It was reported that Seraphina spent some time in a boarding school but allegedly got kicked out due to. Charlie was known for keeping his private life exactly that and was able to keep Seraphina out of the spotlight as a child. Named for Marlon Brando, RichardsвЂ™ son became a permanent member of the StonesвЂ™ entourage in the вЂ™70s. Born March 18, 1968, Seraphina, 52, is the only daughter of the late Rolling Stones drummer and his wife Shirley.

The eldest child of Keith Richards and girlfriend Anita Pallenberg was once rumored to be Brian JonesвЂ™ son (Anita had been BrianвЂ™s girl before running off with Keith), although MarlonвЂ™s obvious resemblance to Richards has put an end to that idea. As of 2017, she was married to Barry Catmur and owned a $1.5 million farmhouse in Rhode Island. Seraphina later married a lawyer named Nick and gave birth to Charlie and ShirleyвЂ™s only granddaughter, Charlotte.

At 14, she was sent to a boarding school, but got the boot a few years later for allegedly smoking weed (which drew some major news coverage in the mid-вЂ™80s). Although there are a few pictures of the young girl hanging out with Keith Richards and Mick Taylor, she was mostly shielded from the rockВ 'n' roll world.

Charlie has done his best to keep his personal life private, so thereвЂ™s not a wealth of information about his daughter. Still married to this day, the Watts' had only one child together, a daughter named Seraphina, in 1968. In October 1964, Watts married Shirley, a woman he had met before the Stones became popular. When it comes to marriage, family and children, drummer Charlie Watts is quite the opposite of Brian Jones вЂ“ and, well, all of his bandmates.

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