Marianne Faithfull
Useless at 78
Revealed
The legendary singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull, who sang alongside and frolicked with many well-known rockers within the Sixties British Invasion and past, has died.
Faithfull sang “As Tears Go By,” a success single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards the Rolling Stones later recorded themselves — and was Jagger’s girlfriend, which broke up her marriage on the time.
She sang backup on Beatles tracks, and labored with music business luminaries together with Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey, Dolly Parton, Beck, and extra. She was even featured on a Metallica tune in 1997.
She additionally appeared onstage and display through the years and was a fixture in varied modern circles spanning many years.
She married and divorced 3 times … and is survived by her accomplice, François Ravard.
BBC Information was first to report her passing.
Faithfull was 78. Her explanation for demise was not launched.
RIP
