Marianne Faithfull, British singer and actress whose blows included “As Tears Going”, dies at 78

Emblematic singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, supplied One of the most eminent female voices in the British invasion died Thursday in London, his spokesperson said.

The singer “As Tears Going” was 78 years old.

“It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, composer and actress Marianne Faithfull,” said her representative in a press release.

“Marianne died peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. We will miss a lot.”

The cause of his death was not immediately disclosed.

In 2006, Faithfull revealed that she had breast cancer.

She then said that cancer had been detected early and was convinced that she would still have years to come.

“I have an absolute faith and confidence in my fantastic medical team, and of course, I will be good again, if not better than ever,” she said in 2006. “The tour of next year, I want to ensure that fans will be a big big celebration. ”

She ended up going back on the road and said her fight with cancer turned out to be “an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive”.

“I didn’t know how many real friends I had. I feel so lucky and loved and thanks everyone for all their good thoughts, ”she said in 2006.

Faithfull’s best known song – “As tears pass”, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards – I spent nine weeks in the display tables at the end of 1964 and at the beginning of 1965, culminating in n ° 9.

A year later, the Rolling Stones released their own version of the song, which also spent nine weeks in the charts and culminated in n ° 10.

Faithfull will always be linked to the Rolling Stones, through this song and his relationship of several years with the singer of Stones Jagger.

“As tears are passing” was its greatest success, but Faithfull admitted that it has really had the meaning of the melody until decades after having made a high end.

“It’s a strange song to sing a 17 -year -old. She is a woman who looks back on her youth, not participating, I couldn’t really feel it, “she said in 2009.” But now I can really feel it and it’s very beautiful … I arrived at the right age where the woman in the song is. “”

The Rolling Stones have published a video of Jagger who performed “as tears pass” on various social media platforms. They understood a simple message, “for Marianne” with a yellow heart.

The prolific artist also had success on the big screen with credits for “The Girl on Motorcycle” in 1968, “Hamlet” in 1969 and “I will never forget what is the” in 1967.

Faithfull said she was proud to stay active and create a new art, regardless of her age.

“I like to get involved whenever it happens,” said Faithfull in 2009. “I want to write a new script for me.”

Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull was born on December 29, 1946 in London and she attended a Catholic boarding school.

But it has always been intended for a more rolling life outside the convent walls.

“Since my days at the convent, my secret heroes had been decadent, aesthetics, condemned romantics, bohemian madmen and opium eaters,” she wrote in her 1994 book, “Faithfull: An Autobiography . “

Fast Lane had more than her share of bumps for Faithfull who found himself homeless in Soho of London in the 1970s to fight against heroin dependence.

In one way or another, she withdrew from this sad and desperate state and even found a silver lining. She was nominated for a Grammy vocal rock best female for “Broken English” in 1979.

“For me, being a drug addict was an admirable life,” she wrote in her autobiography. “It was total anonymity, something I haven’t known since I was 17 years old. As a drug addict in London, I finally found it. I had no phone, no address .

She remained active in entertainment almost until the end, doing vocal work for the 2021 blockbuster “Dune: Part 1.”