Marianne Faithfull, the wild woman of London's Swinging '60s who survived drug addiction, homelessness, two comas, cancer and COVID-19, died at age 78, after a singing career that began as a teenager and lasted until her 70s.

In her later years, Faithfull became a fashion crowd darling, knocking around New York with Karl Lagerfeld, performing at Chloé events and dressing for the stage in Chanel.

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