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Marianne Faithfull, Legendary U.K. Pop & Rock Singer, Dies at 78

Marianne Faithfull, British singer-songwriter, actress and iconic figure of the 1960s, has died at age 78.

The singer/songwriter’s voice had transformed into something lower and more weathered with her drug usage, and the set drew rave reviews for its modern sounds and brittle energy. She holds the distinction of being the first person to ever say the word “f–k” in a mainstream movie, doing so in the 1967 Michael Winner film I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname, and had small 21st century rules in the hit British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous(as God), and in the Sofia Coppola-directed biopic Marie Antoinette(as Empress Maria Theresa). Faithfull also endures as one of the defining popular figures of ’60s Swinging London, iconic for her voice and her fashion, and for being a muse to many of the musicians in her orbit, primarily of course The Rolling Stones.

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