Well-wishers lined the streets in Brigitte Bardot’s hometown of Saint-Tropez on Wednesday for the funeral of the French screen icon as her husband revealed she had died from cancer.
A day of commemorations began with a traditional Catholic service at the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption church where her unusual wicker coffin was received by her long-estranged son.
A hearse then carried the reclusive star of the late 1950s and 60s to her family’s Mediterranean seaside grave for a private ceremony attended by family and close friends.
Hundreds of people, many with their pets, watched proceedings on a giant screen at the yacht-filled Saint-Tropez port, which the blonde star helped transform into a world-famous playground for the rich.
“What I remember most is what she
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