Jane Birkin Has Died at 76

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Another 60's Icon.RIP. It brings back so many memories.
The first year at college and I split with my long-term boyfriend. The banned song was everywhere and was so haunting.
She showed us how you did not need loads of makeup to have style and the handbag, so few have had that accolade.

I wasn’t a fan of her music - I preferred Francoise Hardy but I loved her style and of course anything that gets banned on dubious moral grounds is bound to be a winner.

RIP Jane.

Loved the song. Love the bags. RIP Jane - an Icon.

Mokryna I too was surprised when I came to France to find how popular she was

So sad to hear she's gone. French people often say I sound like Jane Birkin when speaking French which I took as a compliment

Very sad to hear the news. And it makes those of us who remember her from the 60s think of our own mortality. RIP Jane.

For me, it will always be, "Fuir le bonheur de peur qu'il ne se sauve". I knew the words by heart and very apt.

Loved the song, loved her style, including her toothy grin. RIP Jane, you were a wonderful style icon amongst other things, not many women have a handbag named after them.

...and the handbag 👜 !

I loved that banned song too.

To be honest, she didn’t register on my horizon until I came to France in the late 70s. However, here she was a major star and has headlined the principal News programs this evening.

That song brings back memories.