Iconic singer-actress dies at 76: See the best pictures of her from early in her career

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Singer-actress Jane Birkin passed away at 76 on July 16, 2023. And on July 24, stars including actress Catherine Deneuve, singer-actress Vanessa Paradis and France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, descended upon Paris’s Church of Saint-Roch for the funeral in which Jane’s daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, carried their mother’s coffin into the service.

Jane — who wore a beaded gown as she posed for a portrait in Paris in November 1968 — made a name for herself during that decade, starting in film before moving on to music.

The beauty was also renowned for inspiring the legendary Hermes Birkin bag after sitting next to the fashion house’s chief executive, Jean-Louis Dumas, in the ’80s and remarking on the need for a good leather weekend bag.

Keep reading for more stunning photos of the star…

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