âA wonderful friendâ: Tributes paid to Marianne Faithfull after death aged 78
Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger was joined by bandmates Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood who also shared their thoughts.
Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger has led tributes to âwonderful friend and beautiful singerâ Marianne Faithfull following her death aged 78.
Sir Mick was joined by bandmates Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards in paying tribute, the latter with whom he wrote Faithfullâs first single As Tears Go By, which reached number nine in the UK singles chart.
In addition to her music career, Faithfull also acted in films including The Girl On A Motorcycle with French actor Alain Delon, as well as theatre productions.
In a post on Instagram, Sir Mick, 81, wrote: âI am so saddened to hear of the death of Marianne Faithfull. She was so much part of my life for so long.
âShe was a wonderful friend, a beautiful singer and a great actress. She will always be remembered.â
From 1966 to 1970, Faithfull was in a highly publicised relationship with Sir Mick following his split from model and actress Chrissie Shrimpton.
His post was accompanied by a picture of the pair arm in arm.
Also posting to the social media app, Richards, also 81, added: âMy heartfelt condolences to Marianneâs family. I am so sad and will miss her.â
His post was accompanied by a picture of the pair enjoying a drink together.
Wood, 77, who joined the Stones first as a touring member in 1975, five years after Faithfull and Sir Mickâs split, added in his Instagram post, featuring a picture of him and Richards in a studio with her: âFarewell dear Marianne.â
A statement from the singerâs family announcing her death said: âIt is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull.
âMarianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family.
âShe will be dearly missed.â
Singer Marianne Faithfull performs during âHere There and Everywhere â a Concert for Linda McCartneyâ at Londonâs Royal Albert Hall.
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Bianca Jagger, who was married to Mick from 1971 until 1978, shared her own condolences online, writing on Instagram that Faithfull will be âgreatly missedâ.
A slew of other celebrities and musicians took to social media to farewell the singer.
Heavy metal band Metallica shared a gallery of photos of its band members alongside Faithfull.
The iconic British singer contributed vocals to the song The Memory Remains from the heavy metal bandâs 1997 album, Reload.
As well as images of the band and Faithfull in happier times, drummer Lars Ulrich wrote a tribute: âThank you, Marianne⦠For the good times, For your kindness, For the great stories, For your fearlessness ⦠And the biggest Thank You ⦠for your incredible and unique contribution to our music, and for always being so willing to join us in performing it ⦠and partake in the ensuing shenanigans!â
He ended the Instagram post: âRest in Peace â Larsâ.
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon shared a tribute of his own on his socials with a heartfelt thank you to the British legend for her impact on his life.
âYouâre the only person that said the things I really needed to hear at a time when I really needed to hear them. You gave me the confidence/permission to âflyâ and to shake off self consciousness/doubt â you told me I was beautiful when I felt ugly â 4eva in your debt,â the British singer-songwriter wrote.
British singer and frontman of The Charlatans Tim Burgess also shared his own memories of the iconic songstress, writing: âFarewell Marianne Faithfull. I first heard Broken English on a school trip in 1980 and it blew my mind. She was such a free spirit and true talent.
âWe met in Amsterdam in 1994 and spent an afternoon chatting and in between interviews â going to listen to Why DâYa Do it, right now.â
English actor James Dreyfus also posted a tribute to Faithfull online, with the British legend of sound and screen once appearing alongside him in the hit BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous in 2001.
âRIP Marianne Faithfull. Was lucky enough to work with her on Ab Fab. She was absolutely lovely,â he posted on X.
Faithfull began her singing career in 1964 after being discovered by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
She released her self-titled debut album in 1965, which featured top 10 hits As Tears Go By and Come And Stay With Me, at the same time as follow-up LP Come My Way, which was largely made up of folk covers.
Her first hit, As Tears Go By, charted at number nine, and was followed by a series of successful singles, including This Little Bird, a cover of The Beatlesâ Yesterday and Summer Nights.
The singer was famously found wearing nothing but a rug at a drugs bust at Redlands, the country house of Rolling Stones guitarist Richards in 1967.
Faithfull co-wrote Sister Morphine with Sir Mick and Richards from the Rolling Stonesâ 1971 album Sticky Fingers, releasing her own version in 1969 featuring guitarist Ry Cooder and Jack Nitzsche on piano.
She was credited as a writer on the initial Decca release of her own version, but omitted from later releases prompting a legal dispute which eventually saw her credited on both the Stones and her own reissues.
It has also been claimed that Faithfull inspired Stones songs including You Canât Always Get What You Want and Dear Doctor, while it has also been reported that The Beatlesâ And Your Bird Can Sing was inspired by her and Sir Mickâs relationship.
Following her split with Sir Mick, Faithfull spent two years on the streets of Soho while addicted to heroin before living in a squat.
Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull (PA)
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She returned to release the new wave-influenced album Broken English in 1979, which is now regarded as a classic.
The singer also performed a duet of Sonny And Cherâs I Got You Babe with David Bowie on his The 1980 Floor Show, which was broadcast in the US in 1973 and saw Faithfull dressed as a nun.
Singer and former Stooges frontman Iggy Pop, also posted a tribute on Instagram which said âshe was a gemstoneâ accompanied with a picture of the cover of her Broken English album.
Faithfull re-invented herself in 1987 as a jazz and blues singer with the critically acclaimed Strange Weather, and in the same decade went into rehab.
Her final album was an experimental collaboration with Nick Cave And The Bad Seedsâ Australian multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, called She Walks In Beauty (2021).
Recently she has enjoyed a resurgence and is said to be admired by the likes of Kate Moss and Courtney Love.
In 2006, it was announced that she had made a full recovery from breast cancer.
Doctors in France had diagnosed the disease in September, forcing the star to postpone her world tour.
But the cancer was found in its âearliest stagesâ and following surgery, she announced she would resume her tour the next year.
She was quoted as saying at the time: âIt has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
âI didnât realise how many true friends I had. I feel so lucky and loved and thank everybody for all their good thoughts.â
The breast cancer came two years after Faithfull, a former smoker, was forced to cancel her European tour after collapsing backstage at a gig.
The singer was diagnosed with exhaustion and ordered to rest for three months.
In 2005, filmmaker Duncan Roy announced that Faithfull had stepped down from his screen version of The Picture Of Dorian Gray because she had suffered a heart attack, which she denied.
In April 2020, it was announced that the singer had been admitted to hospital after contracting Covid, she was released from hospital three weeks later.
The daughter of a British military officer and an Austro-Hungarian Jewish baroness, Faithfull recently appeared in Sofia Coppolaâs film Marie Antoinette.
She made a guest appearance as God in the TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, with actress Anita Pallenberg, the former girlfriend of Stones members Brian Jones and Keith Richards, playing the devil.
One of her earliest films was Iâll Never Forget Whatâs âIs Name (1967), alongside Orson Welles, and she recently provided the voice of Bene Gesserit Ancestor in Dune (2021).
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