UK- Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull dies at 78, January 30, 2025

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Marianne Faithfull: Singer and actress dies at 78

She was known for hits such as 1964's As Tears Go By and films including 1968's The Girl On A Motorcycle.

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Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78

Singer and actor overcame drug addiction and homelessness to collaborate with everyone from the Rolling Stones and Metallica to Jean-Luc Godard

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Faithfull performing at the Bataclan in Paris, November 2016. Photograph: François Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

''In her later years she lived in Paris, and reacted to the 2015 terror attack at the city’s Bataclan concert venue, in which 90 people were killed, with a song called They Come at Night written on the day of the attacks.''
'Faithfull had numerous health issues. In 2007, she announced she had the liver illness hepatitis C, having been diagnosed 12 years previously. She had successful surgery following a breast cancer diagnosis in 2006, and weathered numerous joint ailments in her later years, including arthritis. In the early 1970s, she also suffered from anorexia during her heroin addiction. In 2020, she contracted Covid-19 and was hospitalised for 22 days.''

Marianne Faithfull’s 10 Most Essential Songs (Critic’s Picks)

Best Marianne Faithfull songs: 10 classics from the late icon of the '60s.

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[Anxala]

Mr Anxala met her a number of times in London. On one occasion, she gave him a couple of satsumas from her handbag, one of which he ate and the other he kept until (long after) it turned into a ball of blue fluff.

Which he finally albeit reluctantly agreed needed to go in the compost bin.

She was beautiful fire.

RIP <3

 

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[TootsieFootsie]

So sad.
I loved her early songs.

 

[bmacmillan1]

So sad.
I loved her early songs.

This little bird which she sang when she was 18 is my favourite. You wouldn't know it was her voice

 

[TootsieFootsie]

This little bird which she sang when she was 18 is my favourite. You wouldn't know it was her voice

I adore that song. I think it was the first of hers that I bought.