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The Franco-British singer and actress Jane Birkin died at the age of 76, found dead Sunday at her home in Paris. Inseparable from Serge Gainsbourg, of whom she was the muse, she also inspired fashion designers. What remains of her in the collective memory? Europe 1 asked you the question.

He is an icon of French song who has died. Jane Birkin died at the age of 76, found dead Sunday at her home in Paris. The Franco-British singer and actress marked the French song by her duet with Serge Gainsbourg. The most English of French women leaves behind a significant musical repertoire but what remains of her in the collective memory?

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"She was so lovely with her little accent"

"This is my generation! She was so charming with her little accent... Gifted as anything!'" It's a very big sadness... I've known her for a very, very long time... I had a bakery not far away, she came with her little basket and her little Charlotte. And then, it was Charlotte who came with her little Ben to the bakery ... Little Ben... It's a bit like our family...", testify these two residents.

Androgynous silhouette and pout of woman-child, embodiment of bohemian-chic, it is his duet with Serge Gainsbourg that has also undeniably marked the French. "The songs they sang together like Je T'aime... Me neither, Les Dessous chics, which are very beautiful songs that I have always listened to, "says this Parisian at the microphone of Europe 1.

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Jane Birkin, who died at the age of 76, sang Serge Gainsbourg's little wonders and also left beautiful texts from her pen. "She represented for me a whole generation of the 60s." "I loved very much I came to tell you that I am leaving and your tears will not change anything," sings this passer-by in front of Serge Gainsbourg's mansion, rue de Verneuil in Paris. Her health had been worrying for several months and she had been forced to cancel several concerts.