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, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once

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.