The singer, who died on Thursday at 78, spent decades in the spotlight exercising a very specific and subversive power.

Los dos cantantes estuvieron juntos en 1967. Ella le introdujo en la literatura y en la estética del romanticismo; él la convirtió en un personaje fantasmal. There is an idea that explains Marianne Faithfull's role in the history of 20th-century culture: Faithfull,

Marianne Faithfull, the songstress who helped spur music's British invasion and was a muse to the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 78.

“It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull,” the singer’s rep said in a statement. “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family.”

Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger was joined by bandmates Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood who also shared their thoughts.

The Swinging Sixties star turned punk rock and cabaret legend reinvented herself several times throughout her eventful life.

Faithfull was a singer, an actress and the one-time girlfriend of Mick Jagger. Deadline called Faithfull a muse to not only the Rolling Stones but also David Bowie. Faithfull’s father was a British intelligence officer and professor while her mother was the daughter of Austro-Hungarian nobleman.

Marianne Faithfull, who during the Swinging '60s in London was a muse to the Rolling Stones and David Bowie, died today in London.

Born in London in 1946 to a British military officer and an Austro-Hungarian Jewish baroness, Faithfull began her singing career in 1964, after being spotted by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, with the single As Tears Go By, written by the band’s Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Beloved vocalist/actress Marianne Faithfull, who rose to fame amid the 1960s U.K. rock revolution and had a tumultuous relationship with the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, died today (Jan. 30) in London. She was 78. Per a statement, she “passed away peacefully, in the company of her loving family.”

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.