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Faithfull's Postcancer Comeback
The tears have gone by. Now it's time to celebrate.
Marianne Faithfull, the 1960s singer known for her hit take on the Rolling Stones' "As Tears Goes By," announced Monday that she has beaten breast cancer, two months after being diagnosed with the disease.
"It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive," the 59-year-old performer said in a statement. "I didn't realize how many true friends I had. I feel so lucky and loved and thank everybody for their good thoughts."
Faithfull, who is perhaps equally famous for her scenester persona and tumultuous romance with Mick Jagger, said her French doctors caught the disease early and removed the malignant growth before it could spread.
Her two-month world tour, which was supposed to kick off in Paris this October, will now take place next spring, said Faithfull's publicist, Rob Partridge. He said that after making a "rapid return to full health," the entertainer plans to play the full slate of concerts in France, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Hungary and Spain.
In a career spanning four decades, Faithfull has worked with a who's who of rock royalty, including David Bowie, Roger Waters, Johnny Rotten, Metallica, Beck and Billy Corgan. She began her career at age 17 with " Tears"—the first song composed by Jagger and Keith Richards.
After releasing her eponymous debut, the "crown princess" of Swinging London went on to pen such hits as "This Little Bird," "Summer Nights" and "Come and Stay with Me." Along the way, the singer-songwriter also helped inspire such Stones songs as "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Wild Horses."
At the same time she reached the pinnacle of the music world, Faithfull began experimenting with drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Substance abuse hampered her career from the late '60s through the '70s and '80s—her addiction drove her to live on the streets of New York at one point—but she continued to issue albums that dabbled in new musical genres, including 1976's country-tinged Dreamin' My Dreams and 1979's punk-infused Broken English. That same year, she was also arrested for marijuana possession in Norway.
Faithfull finally hit rock bottom in 1985 and entered rehab, making a successful comeback with the release of 1999's Vagabond Ways. The 2002 release Kissin' Time saw Faithfull strike out in new musical directions by teaming up with alternarockers like the Smashing Pumpkins' Corgan, Beck and Blur's Damon Albarn, while 2005's Before the Poison featured collaborations with PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Jon Brion.
She also returned to acting, appearing in several films over the past five years. Faithfull can currently be seen on the big screen in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.
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