Mick Jagger shares tribute to Marianne Faithfull: “She was so much part of my life for so long”

Mick Jagger has shared a personal tribute to his former partner Marianne Faithfull, following the news of her death at the age of 78.

Earlier today (January 30), the iconic singer and actor’s representatives announced that she had “passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She will be dearly missed.”

Faithfull and Jagger were in a relationship between 1966 and 1970, drawing huge public interest in their private lives during the period. She was often referred to at the time as a “muse” for The Rolling Stones and is widely thought to have inspired some of their best known songs, including ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’.

Now, Jagger has posted an image of the two of them together from the era on his Instagram, writing: “I am so saddened to hear of the death of Marianne Faithfull.”

“She was so much part of my life for so long,” he added. “She was a wonderful friend, a beautiful singer and a great actress. She will always be remembered.”

Stones guitarist Keith Richards has also shared his own tribute, posting on his X account: “My heartfelt condolences to Marianne’s family! I’m so sad and will miss her!! Love, Keith.”

Ronnie Wood also shared a post in honour of Faithfull, writing: “Marianne will be dearly missed. Bless her xx”.

Faithfull moved to London as a teenager in 1964 and quickly met Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. By the end of the year, she had released her debut single ‘As Tears Go By’, a song written by Jagger, Richards and Oldham, and secured a UK Top Ten single at the age of 17.

She went on to marry the artist John Dunbar in 1965 but left him for Jagger the following year. Her time with the frontman coincided with a period when she became addicted to cocaine, and in 1968 she gave birth to a stillborn daughter while returning from Jagger’s country house in Ireland.

After splitting from Jagger, she continued to struggle with drug abuse and went through an artistically fallow period, eventually recovering with the critically acclaimed 1979 album ‘Broken English’.

A number of other artists and admirers have been sharing their own tributes to Faithfull, a range of which you can find here.

Fans have also been sharing footage from Faithfull’s final ever concert, which took place at Le Bataclan in Paris in 2016 and saw her playing a number of her best known songs, along with covers of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan.

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