Sixties icon Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78

Sixties icon Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78

/ 03:28 AM January 31, 2025

Sixties icon Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78

British pop icon Marianne Faithfull performs on stage during a concert 15 March 2007 in Châlons-en-Champagne, eastern France. British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull, best known for her hit song “As Tears Go By”, has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson said on January 30, 2025. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull. Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She will be dearly missed,” a statement sent to AFP said. (Photo by ALAIN JULIEN / AFP)

LONDON, United Kingdom — British singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, best known for her hit song “As Tears Go By”, has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

The singer got her first break in 1964, after being discovered by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.

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Her first hit “As Tears Go By” written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, was followed with a string of successful singles, including “Come And Stay with Me”, “This Little Bird and “Summer Nights”.

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She also acted in films including “The Girls on a Motorcycle” and theatre productions and was known for her tempestuous relationship with Stones frontman Jagger.

“It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull,” a statement sent to AFP said.

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“Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She will be dearly missed.”

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Faithfull was famously found wearing nothing except a fur rug at a notorious drugs bust at Rolling Stones guitarist Richards’s country house in 1967.

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She fell on hard times that included living in a squat and a heroin addiction following the end of her relationship with Jagger in 1970.

But she returned with the classic album “Broken English” in 1979 and later reinvented herself as a jazz and blues singer with 1987’s critically acclaimed “Strange Weather”.

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