French-British actress who was inspiration for Birkin handbag dies at 76

<p>The septuagenarian had a prolific career as a singer and an actress, mostly in French cinema.</p>, <span>Jane Birkin was the inspiration for the popular Hermes Birkin handbag, which has a lot celebrity admirers globally Getty Images</span>, <h2>Jane Birkin, Franco-British artist who attained international fame for her decade-long singing and acting career, has passed on at 76, French media have reported.</h2>, <p>According to BFM TV, the septuagenarian, who lent her name to the Hermes Birkin designer handbag, was found dead at her home by her caregiver on Sunday.</p>, <p>Birkin’s death has continued to stir reactions from millions of her fans across the world, particularly in the United Kingdom and France, including President Emmanuel Macron who described her as French Icon.</p>, <p>Macron tweeted, "Because she embodied freedom, because she sang the most beautiful words of our language, Jane Birkin was a French icon.</p>, <p>"A complete artist, her voice was as sweet as her engagements were fiery. She bequeaths us tunes and images that will never leave us."</p>, <p>France's Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, also paid tribute, tweeting, "The most French of Britons is gone.</p>, <p>"Jane B was mischief, impertinent elegance, the never-outdated emblem of an entire era, a murmuring voice that remains our idol.</p>, <p>"A woman of heart, committed, whose disappearance leaves us alone In Babylone," referencing one of Birkin’s songs.</p>, <p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jane Birkin, born on December 14, 1946 in London, had a prolific career as a singer and an actress, mostly in French cinema.</p>, <p>She pursued a solo career releasing several albums, often singing in both French and English, and her notable acting credits including Agatha Christie's Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun.</p>, <p>A resident of France since the late 1960s, Birkin was known as l'Anglaise préférée des Français (France's favourite English woman).</p>, <p>She crossed the channel in 1968 at the age of 22 to star in