Marianne Faithfull

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Marianne Faithfull

Profession: Musician
Place/Date of Birth: Hampstead, London, 29 December 2020
Associated with: Mick Jagger

Faithfull suffers from Hepatitis C - Oct 12 2007
Sixties star Marianne Faithfull is suffering from Hepatitis C, she has revealed.

The singer, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, said her health is now "precious".

Faithfull admitted she had the virus, which affects the liver, in an interview with Phillip Schofield on ITV1’s This Morning.

Asked if she missed the wild days of the 1960s, she replied: "I don’t miss the drugs. I suppose it would be nice to have a glass of wine or something. But it really wouldn’t be good for my health."

After a pause, she said: "You know, I do have Hep C. And the worst thing for that is alcohol.

"Maybe I’ve given you a scoop there. They only discovered it very recently.

"Life has become much more precious to me and my health has become much more precious to me."

Being diagnosed with cancer last year was a wake-up call, she added.

"My breast cancer was absolutely minimal. I had the smallest possible thing you could have. I was really lucky and they found it really early.

"But it’s still a frightening experience and it humbled me and I realised how lucky I was to be alive at all, and how stupid I’d been to be so reckless with my life and my health," she said.

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