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Fans and family say emotional goodbye to beloved French icon Jane Birkin.

ReutersJuly 24, 2023

Final Farewell to Jane Birkin: Film Legends and Fans Gather in Paris

Film star Catherine‌ Deneuve, singer Vanessa Paradis, and First Lady Brigitte Macron were among the mourners at the funeral of British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin in Paris on Monday.

Outside,⁤ tearful fans waving banners marked with “Jane Forever” and “Thank ⁢you Jane Birkin” watched the⁤ ceremony on a giant screen on the corner of Rue‍ des Pyramides and Rue Saint-Honore.

Birkin’s songs, including “La Javanaise”, played through‍ speakers across the French capital’s first arrondissement.

“I already feel the vacuum she is leaving. ‍This is my mother, our mother,” Birkin’s daughter, the actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, told ⁤mourners in the church.

“Mother, thank you for not being ordinary and reasonable,” her other daughter, the actress and singer Lou Doillon,‌ said during the ceremony.

Other mourners included singers Alain Souchon, Etienne Daho, who composed her last‌ album, and Matthieu Chedid.

President Emmanuel Macron ⁢declared Birkin “a French icon” after her death was announced on July 16 at the age of 76.

Overseas, she⁢ was best known ⁢for her sensual 1969 hit “Je t’aime … moi non plus”, performed with her ‍then-lover Serge Gainsbourg.

In France,⁢ where she had lived since ⁢the late 1960s, she became a well-known and much-loved figure for her⁤ songs, roles in dozens of films, and her advocacy for women’s and LGBT rights.

(Reporting by⁢ Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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