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Hundreds of fans joined film legends and family members to bid farewell to British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin at her funeral in Paris on Monday.

Vanessa Paradis and Brigitte Macron among mourners at ceremony

Born in London, Jane Birkin moved to Paris in her 20s and never left. While she’s remembered outside France primarily as the woman doing the moaning on an erotic duet with Serge Gainsbourg, over the span of a 50-year career she threw herself into the French musical tradition and carved…

Singer and actress Jane Birkin died on her first night alone for almost two years as she tried to regain her independence while fighting cancer, it emerged on Wednesday.

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The singer and actress was found dead at her home in Paris, according to French media

The London-born star, whose British accent and natural style charmed her adopted country of France, died on Sunday. Her fame rivals the Hermès luxury handbags named after her.

Birkin made a sensational impact in Blow-Up, and went on to become a classy performer for a number of major French directors – notably Godard and Agnès Varda

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French media have reported that she was found dead at her home in Paris.

Jane Birkin, the British-born singer and actress who became a style icon in her adopted France, has died, a close source said on Sunday. She was 76.