Cole's accounts are "a mish-mash of several stories put together, usually with the wrong endings and making us look like miserable bastards rather than the funsters we were." Jones was so incensed at the depiction of John Bonham in Cole's book Stairway to Heaven that he decided never to speak to Cole again. In an interview with PR-Inside online magazine, Jones also claimed when he had once asked Cole about why he'd exaggerated the group's behaviour for that book, Cole explained that "he'd been a drug addict who needed the money". Despite the bitterness felt by Plant, Page, and Jones about their former road manager, Cole was invited to the VIP section of the Led Zeppelin reunion in 2007. Death Cole died at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 2 December 2021, at the age of 75 after losing his battle from cancer. References in popular culture Cole can be seen in several scenes of Led Zeppelin's concert film, The Song Remains the Same (1976). Sources Cole, Richard, and Trubo, Richard (1992), Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored, New York: HarperCollins, Welch, Chris (2002), Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin, London: Omnibus Press. . References External links Interview with Richard Cole 1946 births 2021 deaths English music managers Led Zeppelin People from Kensal Green Road crew