British singer and actress Jane Birkin died in Paris at the age of 76. Although he was out of the scene for a while due to health issues, after developing almost his entire artistic career in France.
Citing sources from the artist’s circle, BFMTV said this Sunday: They found him dead at his home in Paris..
Although he returned to work on time after an illness, he had been withdrawn from the stage for a while. stroke in 2021 this affected him.
Last March, his circle announced the cancellation of their two-month concert, but at the end of May, new cancellations came.
Born on December 14, 1946 in London, Jane Birkin was the daughter of a soldier and famous British actress Judy Campbell, with whom she had been in direct contact with cinema since childhood.
Her first roles took place in two films that won awards at the Cannes Film Festival.Le Knack‘ 1965 by Richard Lester and above all’burst’ By Michelangelo Antonioni in 1967.
with this experienceIn 1968 he decided to settle in France, He met singer Serge Gainsbourg, with whom he had a love story that created a sensation and caused scandals from time to time, especially with a duet that left its mark on the history of the French song “Je t’ aim”. “Moi non plus” in 1979.
At the same time, he continued his acting career with quite funny roles like before.n ‘La moutarde me monte au nez’ or ‘La Course à l’échalote’.
Although the Birkin-Gainsbourg couple broke up in 1980, the composer and singer wrote one of his most prestigious albums for him, ‘Baby only in babylone’, three years later and was awarded a gold record with this album. With ‘Arabesque’ in 2002.
Health issues forced him to take a temporary break from his career in 2012 due to acute pericarditis that forced him to rest. He lost his eldest daughter, Kate, in December of the following year.
He was the one who said he was being treated for leukemia in 2017.