Marianne Faithful , British singer who had a hit with the Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By", has passed away at age 78.
Faithfull began her music career in 1964 as a folk singer. She was at Rolling Stones party where she was discovered by the band's manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote "As Tears Go By" for her, which propelled her to stardom. Faithfull married John Dunbar in May 1965 and gave birth to their son Nicholas in December 1965. In early 1966 she took Nicholas to stay with Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg in London and started a relationship with Mick Jagger.
During their four year relationship Faithful kept recording and acted in a few films. She also became addicted to cocaine and miscarried the couple's daughter in 1968. Faithfull also had an impact on the Stones recording career, as she introduced Jagger to The Master and Margarita, a book that influenced "Sympathy for the Devil." "You Can't Always Get What You Want," was written about Faithfull as were "Wild Horses" and "I Got the Blues" on Sticky Fingers. (Faithfull was also the original inspiration for The Hollies song that became "Carrie Anne.") Faithfull co-wrote "Sister Morphine" from Sticky Fingers and had a legal battle with Jagger and Richards over her credit that she eventually won.
Here's a bio from the BBC.