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Singer and actress Jane Birkin has died at the age of 76, French media reports.
The Anglo-French star, who inspired the designer Hermès Birkin bag, was found at her home by her carer, BFMTV reported.
The singer had been forced to postpone several concerts in Paris scheduled for May after breaking her shoulder in March 2022, BFMTV reported.
"I've always been a big optimist and I understand that I still need some time to be able to be on stage and with you again. I really enjoy being with you,” she said in a statement at the time.
This followed another string of canceled shows after the star suffered a stroke in September 2021, BFMTV said.
Born in London, Birkin began her career as an actress, Birkin gained international fame for her on- and off-screen relationship with Serge Gainsbourg.
The pair met while co-starring in the 1969 French satirical romantic comedy Slogan, and went on to release a debut album the same year.
The album featured the single "Je t'aime… moi non plus" which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, despite being banned by a number of radio stations.
After their separation in 1980, Birkin continued to work, appearing in many films and recording numerous solo albums in French and English, for which Gainsbourg wrote regularly.
Her acting credits include the 1966 crime comedy Kaleidoscope, a 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile, and the 1982 mystery film Evil Under the Sun. In 2016, she starred in the Oscar-nominated short film La
femme et le TGV, which she said would be her last film role.
In 1981, Birkin reportedly sat next to Hermès chief executive Jean-Louis Dumas on a flight from Paris to London, according to L'Officiel magazine.
After a conversation between the two about how difficult it was to find a bag that could meet Birkin's needs as a mother of two, the Birkin bag was born.
According to reports, Dumas designed the bag on the spot and named it after the Birkin when it debuted in 1984.
The handbag has become a status symbol, with some fetching over $10,000 (£7,638).
The luxury accessory even became the focus of a 2001 episode of Sex and the City, when Samantha – played by Kim Cattrall – is told that a $4,000 (£3,055) Birkin has a five-year waiting list.
Some of the most famous faces to own a Birkin include former US first lady Melania Trump, rapper Cardi B, fashion designer-turned-pop star Victoria Beckham and reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
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