Marianne Faithfull died this week at the age of 78, after a full and often raucous life that ranged from the top of the rock world to the depths of addiction and homelessness.
Marianne Faithfull’s father was once a spy; her mother a pence-less baroness. Marianne was singing in London folk clubs as a teenager, and recorded a worldwide hit, “As Tears Go By”, at 17. It was an early composition by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, and she began a turbulent relationship with Jagger that ended her marriage and inspired some of the Stones’ most celebrated songs.
