“It’s as if I lost someone from my family”, anonymous people pay tribute to the singer in front of Gainsbourg’s house

In front of 5 bis rue de Verneuil, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, anonymous people came to pay homage to Jane Birkin who lived alongside Serge Gainsbourg in this legendary house. The Franco-British singer and actress died on Sunday July 16 in Paris. She was 76 years old. “She was in the hearts of all French people”believes one of these anonymous people in front of the house.

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An American admirer pauses in front of the tagged walls. “I’m really upset, she explains. Because I feel like Jane Birkin is a young girl and her spirit will stay forever. It always touched me to see how she was accepted and adored by the French”.

“She has become an icon”

An American admirer

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Another passer-by has tears in her eyes, her throat tight: “I’m moved, I don’t know why. I think it speaks to so many people. There is something very close. I think it was someone accessible, that’s what is enough emotional. It’s like losing someone in my family.”.

“She had a lot of style too, she continues. I worked in fashion and he was someone who touched me a lot in his look and his freedom to live”.

“I don’t have the impression that it can belong to the memory of a single generation, it is more something universal”

An admirer, rue de Verneuil

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In front of the house of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, there were indeed very young anonymous people, like this 21-year-old man. “I had the chance to see her in concert last year in La Ciotat, where I come from. It was the most emotional moment of my life. I grew up being a fan of Serge Gainsbourg, but without this idol, and the fact of being able to see him through Jane, it brought me a lot. So it was very moving”he confides.