Marianne Faithfull, the songstress who helped spur music's British invasion and was a muse to the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 78.

The Rolling Stones on Thursday led tributes to Sixties music icon Marianne Faithfull, adding she would be forever remembered after her death at the age of 78. Faithfull got her first break in 1964, after being discovered by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.

Marianne Faithfull will in part be remembered for being Mick Jagger's girlfriend and surviving the horrors of drink and drug addiction. But her resurrection proved - if proof were needed - a rock star's muse can become a fully fledged, respected artist in her own right.