Linda Keith (born 1946) is a former British fashion model, best known for her work for ''

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'' magazine during the 1960s as well as her involvement in the rock music scene.

Biography

Linda Keith was born to Pearl Rebuck and

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, a British actor and radio presenter who objected to her career as a fashion model. While working for ''Vogue'', Linda dated

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and spent time living in New York City where she frequented the clubs in

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. She helped discover

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by introducing him to

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. She was also the first cousin of Free guitarist

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. In the mid-1960s Keith became well connected culturally in the early days of the "

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". She was photographed by David Bailey and, together with Sheila Klein, partner of the

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' manager

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, was at the heart of a

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community in London's

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. She formed relationships with

of the Stones and, later in New York City,

, but drifted into drug dependency. Richards appears to have been instrumental in Alan Keith's going out to America to find his daughter. On their return she was made a

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. She later brought up her own family and, in 2010, was living in

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/ref> According to Richards, Linda Keith was the subject of the Rolling Stones song " Ruby Tuesday". The song includes the lyrics " en you change with every new day / Still I'm gonna miss you". In the film '' Jimi: All Is by My Side'' it is suggested Jimi Hendrix also wrote the song "Red House" about Linda.

References

British female models English people of Russian-Jewish descent Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Kossoff family 1946 births Muses {{UK-model-stub