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A look back at Marianne Faithfull's colourful dating history - from her tumultuous four year romance with Mick Jagger to three failed marriage- as singer dies at 78 Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By KIRSTEN MURRAY FOR MAILONLINE Published: 11:02, 31 January 2025 | Updated: 11:10, 31 January 2025 e-mail View comments She's best known for her tumultuous relationship with Mick Jagger throughout the late sixties. The late Marianne Faithfull started dating the rocker in 1996, however the romance had a detrimental effect on her life after the pair parted ways.
The singer said of the relationship: 'It almost destroyed me. Although it was wonderful. I don't think I fit into that life or what he wanted in a woman, that's all.
I couldn't do it.' However Mick wasn't the only man to find love with the As Tears Go By hit maker who passed away on Thursday aged 78. Marianne was also married three times and also enjoyed a 15 year relationship with her 'soulmate' Francois Ravard.
And as tributes pour in for the late star, MailOnline takes a look back at her rollercoaster of a love life. From 1966 to 1970, Marianne was in a highly-publicised on-and-off relationship with Sir Mick following his split from model and actress Chrissie Shrimpton Gene Pitney Marianne's earliest known relationship was with American singer-songwriter Gene Pitney. She revealed had an abortion early in 1965, after she became pregnant with Gene's child on a UK tour.
The procedure was illegal in the UK at the time and Marianne admitted she had a hard time dealing with the guilt. Marianne's earliest known relationship was with American singer-songwriter Gene Pitney after she had an abortion after becoming pregnant with his baby in early 1965 John Dunbar Marianne married her boyfriend and art student John Dunbar in May 1965. They met at a Cambridge Valentine's Ball when Marianne was just 16 and went on to welcome their son Nicholas in November 1965.
Discussing their relationship, the singer said: 'It was magic like a whole door had opened up to this world.' Marianne wanted John to stay at Cambridge so she could live out 'the scholar's wife life' admitting 'I would have loved it'. But Marianne was juggling two gigs a night with being a mother and a wife and John lost interest with the pair parting ways in 1966.
Marianne married her boyfriend and art student John Dunbar in 1965 and the pair went on to welcome their son Nicholas later that year (pictured June 1965) Mick Jagger From 1966 to 1970, Marianne was in a highly-publicised on-and-off relationship with Sir Mick following his split from model and actress Chrissie Shrimpton. Marianne reportedly began her romance with the rocker in 1966, after her hit song As Tears Go By, which was co-written by Mick and his bandmate Keith Richards, was released in 1964. The relationship only lasted four years but it had a cataclysmic effect on Marianne's life.
Marianne said: 'I left everything for Mick, completely gave all my intelligence and innate grasp of the world to him. I went too far as usual.' She was famously found wearing nothing except a rug at an infamous drugs bust at Rolling Stones guitarist Richards' country house, Redlands, in 1967.
Marianne said: 'It was meant to be a lovely weekend taking acid with my friends. Which it was until 24 cops walked in.' The group were busted by 19 police officers, Keith and Mick faced prison sentences but Marianne came off the worst.
Marianne was reportedly taking a bath when the raid happened, so she grabbed a fur blanket to cover herself. The media branded her 'the naked girl in the fur blanket'. From 1966 to 1970, Marianne was in a highly-publicised on-and-off relationship with Sir Mick following his split from model and actress Chrissie Shrimpton (pictured in 1967) She was famously found wearing nothing except a rug at an infamous drugs bust at Rolling Stones guitarist Richards' country house, Redlands, in 1967 Read More Inside Marianne Faithfull's tumultuous four-year relationship with Mick Jagger as singer dies at 78 Her innocent image was extinguished fuelled by rumours of a sex game involving her, Mick and a Mars bar which was vehemently denied by all parties present.
'Mick and Keith came out with an enhanced bad-boy varnish,' Marianne said in an interview, 'I came out of it diminished, demeaned, trampled in the mud. I was destroyed by the very thing that enhanced them.' 'I thought, right, you've cast me like this.
I'm going to go for it. To hell with you all.' Marianne spiralled.
After moving in with Mick, in 1968 Marianne found out she was pregnant but tragically experienced a miscarriage at seven months - they had planned to name their daughter Corrina. Throughout the sixties and seventies, she battled heroin addiction, had a miscarriage and lost custody of her son Nicholas. Mick and Marianne split in 1970 after she nearly lost her life to a Barbiturates overdose while in Australia.
After moving in with Mick, in 1968 Marianne found out she was pregnant but tragically experienced a miscarriage at seven months (pictured in 1969) Reflecting on the relationship Marianne said: 'I left everything for Mick, completely gave all my intelligence and innate grasp of the world to him. I went too far as usual' Ben Brierly After her relationship with Mick, Marianne went on to marry punk rocker Ben Brierly in 1979. Ben was a member of The Vibrators' who were one of the pioneering pnk bands that played at London's Roxy Club during the 1970s.
However the marriage didn't last and after seven years together the pair got divorced after her reportedly left her heartbroken after cheating. After her relationship with Mick, Marianne went on to marry punk rocker Ben Brierly in 1979 However the marriage didn't last and after seven years together the pair got divorced after her reportedly left her heartbroken after cheating Howard Tose Marianne began a relationship with American Harold Tose when the pair met in rehab at the Hazelden Clinic in Minnesota in 1985. However tragedy struck again when he threw himself to his death from the window of their 14th floor apartment in Boston after Marianne announced she wanted to split up.
The singer dedicated a thank you to Howard within the album package of Strange Weather. On the back sleeve it read: 'To Howard Tose with love and thanks'. Later in 1995, she wrote and sang about the experience of his death in her track Flaming September from the album A Secret Life.
Marianne began a relationship with American Harold Tose when the pair met in rehab at the Hazelden Clinic in Minnesota in 1985 (pictured 1967) Giorgio Della Terza Marianne then went on to marry Giorgio Della Terza, but they divorced three years later. Giorgio was known for his roles in American Hog in 2003 and Twenty Peaches in a Box in 1998. The pair were very private about their relationship and Marianne never talked about her third marriage.
Francois Ravard Marianne began dating record producer Francois Ravard in 1994 before she later moved to Paris in 1999 to live together. She described her French boyfriend as her 'soul mate' yet despite 15 years together, the pair parted ways in 2009 after their relationship hit the buffers. She said at the time: 'I'm all right but I have had a bit of an adventure - my relationship broke up.
'I felt very betrayed and lonely. I am much, much better now, but it is not good for your self-esteem.' Francois supported Marianne through her breast cancer diagnosis in 2006 with him being described as noting short of 'heroic'.
In 2007, the star said she hoped she and Francois would be together for ever. 'He has been my lover for 13 years,' she told an interviewer. 'It's the longest I've ever managed [to be with someone].
I've obviously found my soul mate.' Despite their split the pair remained friends and he still acted as her manager. Marianne began dating record producer Francois Ravard in 1994 before she later moved to Paris in 1999 to live together (pictured in 2007) In 2007, the star said she hoped she and Francois would be together for ever.
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