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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Isobel Lewis

Jane Birkin’s Paris home ‘targeted by thieves’ days after death as family release statement

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Jane Birkin’s Paris home has been targeted by thieves days after her death, local media has reported.

The singer, actor and fashion icon was found dead on Sunday (16 July) aged 76, 16 years after she was diagnosed with cancer and two years after she suffered a stroke. She was found at her home by her caregiver, on her first night spent on her own in two years in a move to regain independence, family have said.

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