The veteran rocker was on tour with the band in Paris, France, in June 1976 when he was told his 10-week-old son Tara - his third child with actress Anita Pallenberg - had died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Geneva, Switzerland, reported Metro online.
Richards, 71, said the news sent him into a downward spiral, but he was brought back from the brink by going on stage with the group just hours after losing his son.
"It was such a shock at the time, especially (as) I'm getting a phone call in Paris and this happened in Geneva and I thought, 'I'm going to go mad unless I do this show tonight'," he said.
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