British pop star, actor and muse Marianne Faithfull, who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones' greatest songs, has died at the age of 78.
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Marianne Faithfull performing at The Dominion Theatre, London, UK on 8 June 1982. (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)
Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, after they had made an appearance of about two minutes at Marlborough Street Court, where the case in which they are charged with possessing cannabis was adjourned. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
Marianne Faithfull performs on the Miles Davis Hall stage at the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, Monday, July 13, 2009. ( Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
Marianne Faithfull on stage with David Bowie at a live recording of 'The 1980 Floor Show' for the NBC 'Midnight Special' TV show, 20th October 1973. (Photo by Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Lead singer of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and British pop singer Marianne Faithfull are shown leaving home in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, England on May 29, 1969. (AP Photo)
British singer Marianne Faithfull kisses her Lifetime Achievement Award at the Womens World Awards Gala in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, March 5, 2009. (AP Photo / Hans Punz)
French actor Alain Delon reads a script as he sits on a park bench with Marianne Faithfull on location for director Jack Cardiff's film, 'Girl on a Motorcycle,' Alsace, France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Marianne Faithfull poses on the set of the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus at Intertel Studio in Wembley, London on 11th December 1968. (Photo by Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns)
Frederic Mitterand and Marianne Faithfull during Arts and Litterature Medal ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet on March 22, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Wolff - Patrick/WireImage)
Rolling Stone magazine founder and publisher Jann Wenner and Marianne Faithfull at a Rolling Stone Party in New York City on October 4, 1981. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)
Jason Schwartzman and Kirsten Dunst, American director Sofia Coppola, Thomas Mars, Steve Coogan and Marianne Faithfull, producer Ross Katz, and Aurore Clement arrive for the screening of the film "Marie-Antoinette," at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Avril Elgar, Marianne Faithfull, Glenda Jackson, George Cole and Alan Webb, rehearse a performance of Chekhov's play "Three Sisters", at the Royal Court Theatre, London, April 13, 1967. (AP Photo/Frank Leonard Tewkesbury)
Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger (left), and Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones converse together at a party to celebrate the cabaret debut of the Supremes on Kings Road, Chelsea on 28th January 1968. (Photo by Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns)
Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull are seen on May 29, 1969, after police arrested them at a house in Chelsea, London. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp, File)
Marianne Faithfull and English musician Johnny Marr perform on stage during the 'Here, There And Everywhere: A Concert For Linda' tribute to Linda McCartney at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 10th April 1999. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Marianne Faithfull is seen making her debut cabaret appearance at the Blue Nile Club, Radford Road, Coventry. 28th April 1965 (Photo by Coventry Telegraph/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Marianne Faithfull performs on stage during Roger Water's concert version of 'The Wall', Berlin, Germany, 21st July 1990. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
Marianne Faithfull weds her second husband, Ben Brierly, on July 8, 1979. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
