Diagnosed with throat cancer in June 2004, despite having quit smoking
15 years earlier. In October 2004, it was announced his cancer had gone
into remission after radiation treatment.
Unlike his colleagues, Charlie Watts had usually preferred a more peaceful, low key existence outside of work.
Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 (as a member of The Rolling Stones).
He had always been considered the most reticent, most quiet, and least wild member of The Rolling Stones.