SIR Mick Jagger has paid an emotional tribute to his “beautiful” ex Marianne Faithfull after the singer and actress died aged 78. The Rolling Stones legend said he was

Singer Marianne Faithfull, who famously dated Mick Jagger and rebooted her career after it was nearly derailed by drug addiction, has died.

Tributes to Faithfull were lead by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, who co-wrote her debut single “As Tears Go By”. On Instagram, Jagger posted a series of vintage photographs beginning with one of himself and Faithfull from 1967, when they were dating.

“I’ve done everything I want to do and gone everywhere I want to go,” Faithfull said in 2013, looking back on her monumental, roller-coaster ride of a life. Far more than mere muse or cautionary tale, she was both larger than life and always uniquely herself.

The legendary singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull died Thursday at the age of 78 at her home in London. Dubbed one of the best singers of all time, Rolling Stone described Faithfull as an artist “who transcended ‘it girl’ status in the Sixties with a stunning second act as a singer-songwriter of earned hard wisdom.”

A fresh-faced singer in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant in the ’70s.

Legendary singer, actress and Mick Jagger’s muse, Marianne Faithfull, passed away on January 30, 2025, at the age of 78. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull,

The British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once

Marianne Faithfull - who it's been announced passed away this week, aged 78 - had a romance with the Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger for several years from 1966

Mick Jagger and his fellow Rolling Stones, as well as Metallica, have all shared tributes to late U.K. singer and actress Marianne Faithfull.

The event was too momentous to pass up. In a tribute, Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger and other band members touched on the passing of Marianna Fathfull, who had been such a part of their earlier lives.