British singer and actor Marianne Faithfull has died, her spokesperson told BBC. She was 78. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull,

Marianne Faithfull, who during the Swinging ’60s in London built a career as a singer, songwriter, actor and a muse to such other stars as the Rolling Stones and David Bowie, died today in London. She was 78.

Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied,