Singer and actress Jane Birkin died at the age of 76 on Sunday July 16. “Because she embodied freedom, she sang the most beautiful words of our language, Jane Birkin was a French icon”wrote Emmanuel Macron on Twitteradding that “his voice was as sweet as his engagements were ardent”. The reactions are numerous after the disappearance of this artist. Follow our live.
“Unimaginable to live in a world without your light”, reacted Etienne Daho. This is what wrote on Instagram the singer had worked on Oh ! Sorry you were sleepingJane Birkin’s album released in 2020. “So sad…” reacted on Facebook the comedian Pierre Richard. The actor had notably played with her in the film Mustard up my nose (1974).
“A timeless French-speaking icon”, according to the Ministry of Culture. “Her collaborations with the greatest (Serge Gainsbourg, Etienne Daho and Agnès Varda) have made her a timeless French-speaking icon”wrote the Ministry of Culture on Twitter.
“She exuded immense kindness,” recalls Line Renaud. “She was very very simple, very discreet. If she could go behind the wall, she would have done it”she said on franceinfo. “She was authentic, simple, without fuss”, said Jack Lang, former Minister of Culture on franceinfo. He mentioned a “treasure of goodness”highlighting “delicacy”“Humanity” by Jane Birkin.