Keith's Ladies

Keith's Ladies In his 32 years, Keith Moon probably slept with a whole stable of groupies and other random chicks. But he did manage to carry out at least two serious relationships. This page is dedicated to Keith's main squeezes. I've typed up little bios of each for you to enjoy.

It was my managers' idea to keep the marriage a secret . . . at the time, I didn't care, I just wanted to marry Kim, but my managers and publicist did care about what I did.

Maryse Elizabeth Patricia was born on December 30, 1948 in Leicester, England; she was an only child until age sixteen. At the age of three months Patsy, as she was called in her early years, moved with her parents to Malaysia, where her father maintained a management position on a rubber and coconut plantation. When Patsy was seven the family returned to England for two years, then picked up again to move to east Africa. Four years later the Kerrigans once again returned to England, and sent their daughter to an Irish convent to be schooled. By the end of 1963 Patsy had returned home and had settled on hairdressing as her career of choice. She was fifteen at the time. While working as a trainee at a salon, a client told Patsy that she could go far as a model. So Patsy began attending a charm school/modeling agency called the Dawn Academy. Immediately the head of the academy noted a resemblence between Patsy and famous British model Patti Boyd (future Mrs. George Harrison, and later, Mrs. Eric Clapton), both in appearance and name. So Patsy began calling herself Kim.

In early 1965 Keith and Kim met after one of The Who's shows at the Disc A Go Go in Bournemouth. Soon after the two were exchanging phone calls and soon after that they were "seeing" each other. Kim's parents were less than thrilled with their daughter's new boyfriend and hoped the relationship was just a phase. And maybe it would have been "just a phase", if Kim hadn't turned up pregnant in late 1965.

This being the 1960s, it was still customary for guys to marry the girls they impregnated. Usually, anyway. But Kim's mother suggested her daughter have an abortion instead. Kim refused, and moved into the Moon family's home until she and Keith were married on March 17, 1966. Daughter Amanda Jane (Mandy) was born on July 12.

From the start Keith was a bit of a fascist towards Kim. He made her give up modeling and forbade her from talking to other men. Jealous much? To add hypocrisy to injury, Keith screwed other girls all the time, sometimes in Kim's own home. On top of all that, Keith was a violent drunk, and turned that violence onto his wife. As you can imagine, this didn't lead to the happiest of marriages. Kim suffered through seven years with Keith before she finally left in 1973, taking Mandy with her. The divorce was finalized in 1975.

On October 9, 1978 Kim married Ian McLagan, formerly of The Faces. They didn't have any children together. The couple lived in Los Angeles, California until 1994, when they moved to Austin, Texas. Kim ran a skin care salon on Highway 71. Sadly, Kim died on August 2, 2006 in a car accident in Texas.

I've finally met a woman who loves everything I do and and claps in all the right places.

Keith's second serious relationship was with Annette Walter-Lax. She was born in (approximately) 1956, making her ten years younger than Keith and a teenager when they began dating. I can't seem to find much information on Annette before she met Keith, so I'll just say she's Swedish, was born a brunette, and was a model when they met. Anyway, the two met in the summer of 1974, after a photographer asked Annette if she wanted to meet a "real drummer". Annette assumed that the meeting was a one-off, and didn't plan on seeing Keith again. However, while Annette was on a date with another man at a nightclub, she ran into Keith again. This time he was drunk and causing his usual mayhem in the club, but he took a minute to greet her. Annette and her date sat together at a table; shortly after she went to the bathroom. Her date was gone when she returned, and Keith had taken his place. The two were a couple by the end of that week, and shortly after began living together.

Annette wasn't much of a rock music fan, and had only heard of The Who in passing. So it came as a complete surprise when she realized that Keith was an alcoholic, and that everyday life with him involved a lot of booze and destruction. The same possessiveness Keith had displayed with Kim made a reappearance with Annette as well. He also forced Annette to give up her modeling career. Meanwhile, Keith continued bedding groupies, much to Annette's displeasure. At least he managed to hold off on the physical abuse this time around.

In 1975 Keith moved to Los Angeles and bought a house in Malibu; Annette went with him. They spent three turbulent years in California before returning to England. Once in London, the couple bought Harry Nilsson's flat at 12 Curzon Place. Around this time Keith began telling everyone that he and Annette were going to be married, but there was never any official engagement.

When Keith died in his sleep on September 7, 1978 Annette was the one to discover it. Understandably, she was distraught and inconsolable at Keith's untimely demise. She was heavily sedated during Keith's funeral service and reportedly collapsed at the Garden of Rememberance.

Eventually, though, Annette managed to "get over" Keith, so to speak. She began dating British television actor Gareth Hunt. They were married in the early '80s and had a son, Oliver, together. In 1981 Annette sold the story of hers and Keith's four- year relationship to a British tabloid. The Moon family was pissed about Annette's kissing-and-telling, but in Annette's own words "they made me an offer I couldn't refuse".

Nowadays Annette lives with her son in Stockholm, Sweden, divorced from her husband and without any permanent scars from her relationship with Keith.

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