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For the French, she was much more.
Was it the British accent,so charmingbut a bit annoying at the same time?
Her voice was as gentle as her political engagement was strong.
French newspapers pay tribute to Jane BirkinMelanie Goodfellow/Deadline
She bequeaths us airs and images that we will never forgot.
Jane B. became the muse of a creator and era which both dreamed that everything was permitted.
She fought for far-off causes, for her children, for her independence.
With time, she distanced herself from Gainsbourg but she never broke with him completely.
The French were attached to her.
She was the babysitter who grew up with them.
More recently, she even became a kind of wise woman.
I would have so loved to be with you, she said in a statement at the time.
Birkin is survived by her daughters, actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon.
