The British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once

The actress and Swinging London "It" girl of the 1960s was the subject of Rolling Stones songs including “Wild Horses” and “Sister Morphine.”

Beloved vocalist/actress Marianne Faithfull, who rose to fame amid the 1960s U.K. rock revolution and had a tumultuous relationship with the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, died today (Jan. 30) in London. She was 78. Per a statement, she “passed away peacefully, in the company of her loving family.”