Marianne Faithfull, ‘As Tears Go By’ Singer Who Infused Dramatic Depth in Pop, Dead at 78
Marianne Faithfull, singer of 'As Tears Go By' and the Grammy-nominated 'Broken English,' has died at age 78
Get The Magazine
The best in culture from a cultural icon. Subscribe now for more from the authority on music, entertainment, politics and pop culture.
Subscribe NowMarianne Faithfull, singer of 'As Tears Go By' and the Grammy-nominated 'Broken English,' has died at age 78
Outtake rendition of Roger Waters cover comes ahead of deluxe album reissue
Her collaborative spoken-word album with the Bad Seeds’ Warren Ellis finds her reciting verses by Keats, Shelley, and Lord Byron, and finding new depth in the words
Album finds Faithfull reading from works by Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, and Lord Tennyson
Artist had checked into hospital in early April, where she received treatment for three weeks
Singer “very grateful to all the NHS staff who cared for her at the hospital and, without doubt, saved her life”
“She is stable and responding to treatment,” singer’s management company says