Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor,

 

 "Marianne Faithfull, who went from being a fresh-faced, feather-voiced pop star, as well as muse and girlfriend of Mick Jagger, to a homeless heroin addict, only to re-emerge radically altered in her early 30s as a critically acclaimed cabaret performer singing songs of dark honesty, died in London. She was 78.

The roiling dramas in Ms. Faithfull’s life, along with the starry circles she moved in during the Swinging Sixties and the unvarnished power of her later music, turned her into a nearly mythic figure — a symbol of survival and transformation."

read obit by Jim Farber

Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 – DNyuz