‘Part of my heart goes to her’: Jane Birkin, tributes to hail Franco-British icon

Icon of the era, Jane Birkin died this Sunday, July 16, at the age of 76. He recently canceled concerts due to health reasons and said in a statement in May: “I have always been a great optimist and I realize that I still need some time to be able to perform on stage again with you.”

Since the announcement of her death, many tributes have been paid to the memory of the successful singer and talented actress who was nominated three times for the Césars for “La Pirate” (1984), “La Femme de ma Life” (1986) and “La Belle”. Noiseuse (1991).

Starting from the political world, like her compatriot Mena Rawlings, the UK Ambassador to France: “Sad to learn of the death of Jane Birkin. (…) the most French of British artists”.

“Because she embodied freedom, because she sang the most beautiful words of our language, Jane Birkin was a French icon. A consummate artist, his voice was as soft as his commitments. It bequeaths us tunes and images that will not leave us. “ The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron commented.

The Ministry of Culture paid tribute to the actor and singer whose His collaboration with the greatest (Serge Gainsbourg, Etienne Dahoe or Agnes Varda) made him an eternal French-language icon”.

“Life is unimaginable without your light” The singer wrote Etienne Dahoe On his Instagram, who was the director and composer of Jane Birkin’s last album. Patrick Bruel, also a singer, but also a longtime actor shared a photo In black and white by Jane Birkin simply captioned a “Goodbye Jane”.

is turned on France information95-year-old Line Renault remembered this “a great kindness” that the singer gave. “He was very, very simple, very cautious. If he could have gone behind the wall, he would have.”

Brigitte Bardot shared a handwritten letter on her Twitter. “When you’re so beautiful, so fresh, with such a spontaneous baby voice, you have no right to die” wrote the actor.

Pierre Richard, who shared with him the poster for La Mustarde monte au soleil in 1974 and La Course à l’échalote in 1976, expressed his sadness on his Twitter account. “Part of my heart goes to him” he wrote.

“Sweetness in a harsh world, that is, Jane” Commented Josiane Balasco, who was invited to a telephone conversation BFM TV. “He was a person who always had a lot of humility. He represented a lot of kindness to me.”