Jane Birkin’s funeral in Paris on Monday, broadcast on a giant screen The funeral of Jane Birkin, who died on Sunday, is to take place on Monday at the Saint-Roch church in Paris, and a giant screen will be installed to allow the crowd to attend, the artist’s entourage told AFP on Thursday. The ceremony must be held from 10:00 a.m., and access to this church located in the 1st arrondissement will be “reserved for family and friends”, this source told AFP. “However, to involve the general public, the ceremony will be broadcast live on a giant screen at the corner of rue Saint-Honoré and rue des Pyramides,” she added.
Jane Birkin, 76, was found lifeless late Sunday morning at her Parisian home by her life assistant. Many tributes have been paid to the actress and actress. Her daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, hailed the “fierce battle against disease” led by their mother.
Daughter of a famous pre-war London actress, Judy Campbell, and David Birkin, a figure in the Royal Navy, Jane Mallory Birkin grew up in the Chelsea district of London. A hypersensitive multi-talented artist, she will have marked the history of song by becoming the most perfect muse of Serge Gainsbourg with whom she will experience a great love.