She and Jagger began dating in 1966 and became one of the most glamorous and notorious couples of 1960s “Swinging London.”

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

The British pop star was a celebrity before turning 17, homeless by her mid-20s and an inspiration to peers and younger artists by her early 30s, including to The Rolling Stones.