Mick Jagger’s ex Marianne Faithfull failed to write will before sudden death aged 78 and leaves behind £35k
Mick Jagger’s ex-girlfriend Marianne Faithfull left an estate worth just £35,000 following her death in January this year, newly released documents have revealed.
The 1960s icon, who died aged 78 on January 30, passed away without leaving a will, with probate records disclosing that Faithfull’s estate was initially valued at £43,000 but was reduced to £35,000 after deduction of liabilities.
The singer, who was famously the girlfriend of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger during the 1960s, died after years of suffering multiple health problems.
These included bulimia, breast cancer and emphysema caused by decades of smoking, with the star also being hospitalised for 22 days in 2020 after contracting Covid-19, when she was not expected to survive.
Under intestacy rules, her entire estate will be inherited by her only son Nicholas Dunbar, who has been appointed to administer it.
Faithfull’s grant of probate revealed she was living at the Denville Hall care home for members of the theatrical profession in Northwood, north west London, at the time of her death after moving into the home in 2022.
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Faithfull’s big break came in 1964 when she was spotted at a Rolling Stones party by the band’s producer Andrew Loog Oldham, who helped her release her haunting debut single “As Tears Go By”, which reached the UK top 10 that year.
The wistful ballad had been written by Jagger and Keith Richards but was given to Faithfull as Oldham didn’t think it suited the Stones.
She later began a high-profile four-year relationship with Jagger in 1966, with the couple epitomising the Swinging Sixties, with Faithfull later inspiring several Rolling Stones songs, including “Wild Horses” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”.
She also had flings with two other Stones – Keith Richards and Brian Jones – as well as David Bowie and reportedly resisted the advances of Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix.
Faithfull’s life spiralled out of control due to heroin addiction and homelessness in the early 1970s, and lost custody of her son, sending her into a coma after a suicide attempt.
For two years, she lived in a squat in Soho whilst in the grip of heroin addiction, with her decline being documented in the Stones’ song “Sister Morphine”, which she co-wrote with Jagger and Richards.
However, her fighting spirit helped her make a musical comeback in 1979 with her album “Broken English”, and its signature song “The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan”.
Years of hard living, severe laryngitis and drug abuse had left her voice sounding raspy and lower in pitch, with critics describing her tone as “whisky soaked”, which helped capture the raw emotions in her music.
She continued to release albums throughout her career, with her final album “She Walks In Beauty” appearing in 2021.
Following her death, Jagger paid tribute to her, describing her as “a wonderful friend, a beautiful singer and a great actress”.
Keith Richards posted that he was “so sad” following her death.
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood shared pictures on Instagram with captions saying: “Farewell dear Marianne” and “Marianne will be dearly missed. Bless her xx”.