Published: Today

POP legend MARIANNE FAITHFULL is taking six months off after collapsing because of ill health.

She was given the all-clear from breast cancer in November 2006 but is now suffering from “general mental, physical and nervous exhaustion”.

Her spokesman said doctors had ordered her to “cease all work activities and rehabilitate” and that “the treatment and recovery should last around six months”.

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SIR MICK JAGGER is among those who sent messages of support to 61-year-old Miss Faithfull’s central Paris flat.

She became a household name as the ROLLING STONES singer’s lover in the Sixties.

A near neighbour in Paris said: “She is in a very bad way and we are very worried about her.”



We don't need more bad news now... All the best to Marianne. Speedy recovery and lots of love and hugs.

She looked fine in Eindhoven....
Get well M.

Good call Addicted. She's a vital cog in The Stones' historical wheel and seems like a very decent, genuine person too. I'd guess there's part of Mick's heart that will always belong to her. Let's pray things aren't too bad.

best wishes to Marianne

I do hope it's nothing serious. From my own experience, I know that chemo therapy and radio therapy can take a lot of your energy. And not only imediately after the treatment. Sometimes the fatigue appears a year or more after the treatment was finalized. It's a huge mental challenge, knowing which disease one is battling, too. And it's a bit difficult at first to really believe you're well again. Then there's the regular check-ups in the onkology-ward. Makes it impossible to forget the cancer.
I think Charlie said it quite well: I'd rather go on tour with the Stones, and be with people I like, than to sit at home, being afraid to get cancer again.

So: Marianne - get well soon! You're a winner! You've beaten cancer, remember.

get well soon beatiful marianne our prayers are with you !

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I do hope it's nothing serious. From my own experience, I know that chemo therapy and radio therapy can take a lot of your energy. And not only imediately after the treatment. Sometimes the fatigue appears a year or more after the treatment was finalized. It's a huge mental challenge, knowing which disease one is battling, too. And it's a bit difficult at first to really believe you're well again. Then there's the regular check-ups in the onkology-ward. Makes it impossible to forget the cancer.
I think Charlie said it quite well: I'd rather go on tour with the Stones, and be with people I like, than to sit at home, being afraid to get cancer again.

So: Marianne - get well soon! You're a winner! You've beaten cancer, remember.

I wholeheartedly agree all of the above, except to say that MARIANNE HAS NOT beaten cancer-she is in remission and it could return at any time. Same with Charlie Watts and any other sufferers.
Still, our thoughts are with her- she is a real fighter.

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Good call Addicted. She's a vital cog in The Stones' historical wheel and seems like a very decent, genuine person too. I'd guess there's part of Mick's heart that will always belong to her. Let's pray things aren't too bad.

Not only vital in the Stones' history but also a talented woman in her own right, an original and vivacious spirit and still beautiful after all these years. Get well soon.

Well said Lady Jayne: I'd go even further and suggest that her last album was probably better than the last few Stones albums.

I'll get all broken up if I dwell on her "being in a very bad way". Instead I will concentrate on her amazing resilience. She has bounced back form suicide attempts, miscarriages, numerous od's, peritonitis & breast cancer so I'm sure this is just another in a long list of setbacks.

...and let's not forget what a beautiful girl she once was.

Not that I'd notice, of course.