2023-07-22 09:10:58
The British-French actress and singer Jane Birkin died at the age of 76. She was found dead at her home in Paris, a spokesman for the Paris city government confirmed on Sunday (July 16).
Birkin died alone
Now details of the circumstances of the death have become known. “Since her stroke in September 2021, her family and wonderful caregivers have been by her side day and night,” said one of Birkin’s managers Olivier Gluzman on behalf of her daughters Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon published statement, from which, among other things, the newspaper Evening Standard quoted. “The first night alone was her last. She had decided so.” Birkin died of natural causes.
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Since the collapse of her marriage to the British composer John Barry in the late 1960s she lived in France, her adopted country.
Birkin is best known internationally for her 1969 hit, which featured her alongside her lover, the late French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, who sang the sexually explicit “Je t’aime…moi non plus”. The song was banned in many countries, but it made the seductive woman with the gap in her teeth and the English accent a star overnight in 1969 – and the two became a couple. Their daughter Charlotte was born two years later. Daughter Lou’s father is the French film director and screenwriter Jacques Doillon.
In 2013, Birkin suffered a severe stroke of fate. She lost her daughter Kate from the relationship with the composer Barry. The then 46-year-old photographer had thrown herself out of the window of her Paris apartment on the fourth floor. In recent years, Birkin has struggled with health problems. Besides music, Birkin has made more than 70 films.
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