This Monday evening, the day after the death of their mother Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon expressed themselves via a press release in which they saluted the “fierce battle against the disease” that the artist led for “16 years” .
Jane Birkin is no more. The singer, actress and director died on Sunday July 16 at the age of 76. A disappearance that arouses a lot of emotion and tributes.
On the evening of this Monday, July 17, his two daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg, born of his relationship with singer Serge Gainsbourg, and Lou Doillon, daughter of filmmaker Jacques Doillon, in turn spoke.
“Jane Birkin passed away after 16 years of a fierce battle with illness. Since his stroke in September 2021, his family and the wonderful caregivers have been by his side night and day ”, can we read in a joint press release sent to AFP.
“For the past few days, she had been walking again, was motivated to reschedule her Olympia and had decided to regain her independence. This first evening alone will have been the last. She had decided it, “they said about their late mother, whose body was found Sunday morning at her Parisian home by her life assistant.
