Jamie Lee Curtis pays tribute to Marianne Faithfull: "It's a great loss"
Jamie Lee Curtis pays tribute to Marianne Faithfull, who died earlier this week at the age of 78: "It's a great loss"
Jamie Lee Curtis has paid tribute to Marianne Faithfull, following the news of her death at the age of 78.
On Thursday, (January 30), the iconic singer and actorâs representatives announced that she had âpassed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She will be dearly missed.â
Since the news was announced, tributes from across the entertainment world have been pouring in. Mick Jagger shared a personal message to his former partner, while Metallica described her as âfearlessâ and Morrissey said she âbrought us all closerâ. Sir Paul McCartney also shared a tribute, describing Faithfull as âbeautiful and sweetâ.
Now, Curtis has shared her own memory of the late artist. Taking to Instagram on Friday (January 31), Curtis shared a photo of Faithfull with Sinead OâConnor who died in 2023.
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âThis is the second time Iâm posting this picture,â Curtis wrote. âThe first was the day that Sinead died. I never printed it because Marianneâs eyes were closed, but then when Sinead died, I found the contact sheet and took a quick picture. I canât access my photo file right now because of the fires and Iâve just heard that Marianne died today.
âShe was a great friend of my friend John Boorman and was a fascinating artist and woman, and itâs a great loss,â she continued. âWhen I can get access to my photo files, I will find a better picture of her. We went to a music festival in Dublin in the countryside to hear Eminem and itâs a precious memory for me today.â
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Damon Albarn is also among those sharing tributes, describing her as âlovely, beautiful, wonderful.â
Faithfull was a key figure in the âSwinging Londonâ arts and music scene in the â60s, becoming one of the leading female artists during the British Invasion era. She is remembered for hits including âAs Tears Go Byâ and for her roles on stage and screen.
It was her association with The Rolling Stones, however, that drove her public profile to a significant extent. Having married the artist John Dunbar in 1965, with whom she had a son Nicholas, she left her husband for Jagger the following year, with whom she had a four-year relationship.
She is often considered to have been a âmuseâ for the band, and is thought to have inspired songs such as âYou Canât Always Get What You Wantâ and âWild Horsesâ. She also co-wrote their song âSister Morphineâ, although she had to win the rights to be credited as a writer in a long legal battle years later.
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In 2021, she spoke about how a near-fatal battle with COVID-19 had threatened to take away her ability to sing. She had been hospitalised in March 2020 and received 22 days of treatment, but said a year later that she was still feeling the effects.
A biopic of her life, titled Faithfull, has been in production since 2020 but has yet to be completed.
Elsewhere, fans have also been sharing footage from Faithfullâs final ever concert, which took place at Le Bataclan in Paris in 2016 and saw her playing a number of her best known songs, along with covers of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan.