Marianne Faithfull, the iconic British singer-songwriter, is survived by one child, her son Nicholas. Find out more about her life and her son here.

Remembering a life-saving conversation with the singer, songwriter, actor, and ultimate '60s icon, who died yesterday at 78.

“I’ve done everything I want to do and gone everywhere I want to go,” Faithfull said in 2013, looking back on her monumental, roller-coaster ride of a life. Far more than mere muse or cautionary tale, she was both larger than life and always uniquely herself.

Singer Marianne Faithfull, who famously dated Mick Jagger and rebooted her career after it was nearly derailed by drug addiction, has died.

Singer, song writer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died, her spokesperson confirmed to CNN Thursday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull. Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She will be dearly missed,” the statement said.

Marianne Faithfull's first hit, "As Tears Go By," was recorded when she was just 17 years old after she met with the manager of the Rolling Stones at a party.

The pop icon and celebrated torch singer Marianne Faithfull has died. The blonde, voluptuous Faithfull was an international celebrity before age 20 when she covered one of the first songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards,

The singer, who died on Thursday at 78, spent decades in the spotlight exercising a very specific and subversive power.