Marianne Faithfull died Thursday in London at age 78. The singer, actress and "It" girl of 1960s London inspired — or wrote — numerous Rolling Stones songs.

One of the first songs written by Jagger and Keith Richards, the melancholy “As Tears Go By,” was Faithfull's breakthrough hit when released in 1964 and the start of her close and tormented ...

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated ...

The British musician and actress Marianne Faithfull, an icon of London's fertile 1960s music scene, died Thursday at the age of 78.