Marianne Faithfull is no longer. The British singer and actress, a true folk-rock icon with a singular voice, died Thursday at the age of 78. A disappearance which immediately aroused the tribute of many people including that of Mick Jagger, to whom she will never remain associated for having shared life and escapades in the late 1960s.
The iconic singer of the Rolling Stones said Thursday “saddened” by the death of Marianne Faithfull, a “wonderful friend, magnificent singer and great actress”, in a message published on Instagram.
I am so saddened to hear of the death of Marianne Faithfull. She was so much part of my life for so long. She was a wonderful friend, a beautiful singer and a great actress. She will always be remembered. pic.twitter.com/aFAu1TwNTO
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) January 30, 2025
His partner of the Rolling Stones, the guitarist Keith Richardspresented her “most sincere condolences to Marianne’s family. I am so sad and I will miss it, ”he wrote on X.
“Goodbye my very dear Marianne. Rest in peace with the angels my friend, ”wrote the singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozywho was very close to Marianne Faithful. “She is one of the people who brought me to music. Without knowing it, simply listening to it, “said Carla Bruni in 2018, in an interview with Paris Match, alongside Marianne Faithfull who had helped her to give birth to an album in English” No Promise “(2007).
“It was thanks to Marianne that I made a career”
“Marianne is all my youth in London. It was my best friend, ”reacted the French singer and actress Amanda Lear. “It was thanks to Marianne, curiously, that I had a career. She introduced me to David Bowie who said to me: You come, I want to invite you to dinner. This is how everything started, “Amanda Lear told AFP. “She was an extraordinary person. We had lots of friends in common. And this is a great loss, “she added, comparing her to” a model like Françoise Hardy “, who died in June. “Everyone was leaning like her. She has influenced a lot, ”she added.
Julian LennonJohn Lennon’s son also went there from his tribute by calling it as a “singularly special soul”. “She was unique, someone who really distinguished himself from her contemporaries,” he wrote. “Rest in peace, Marianne,” wrote the author on her account J.K. Rowling.
In recent years, Marianne Faithfull has suffered from multiple health problems, including breast cancer and pulmonary disease. In 2020, she had been severely affected by the COVVI-19, to the point where the doctors believed that she would not survive it. “This pandemic touched me, I almost died,” she said in 2021, fearing “no longer being able to sing one day”.