section_path: Personal life/Health and death
section_name: Health and death
paragraph_text: Health and death
  
  In later years, Faithfull's touring and work schedule were interrupted by health problems. In late 2004, she called off the European leg of a world tour, promoting Before the Poison, after collapsing on stage in Milan, and was hospitalised for exhaustion. In 2005, the tour resumed to include a U.S. leg. In September 2006, she again cancelled a concert tour, this time after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis The following month, she underwent surgery in France, but required no further treatment as the tumour had been caught very early. Less than two months later, she made a public statement of full recovery.
  
  In October 2007, on the UK television program This Morning, Faithfull disclosed that she suffered from hepatitis C, which had first been diagnosed 12 years earlier. She discussed both the cancer and hepatitis diagnoses in greater depth in her memoir Memories, Dreams and Reflections. On 27 May 2008, she posted the following on her MySpace page, with the headline "Tour Dates Cancelled" (and credited to FR Management, the company operated by her boyfriend/manager François Ravard): "Due to general mental, physical, and nervous exhaustion, doctors have ordered Marianne Faithfull to immediately cease all work activities and rehabilitate. The treatment and recovery should last around six months."
  
  In August 2013, Faithfull was forced to cancel a string of concerts in the U.S. and Lebanon, after a back injury during a holiday trip in California.
  
  On 30 May 2014, Faithfull suffered a broken hip after a fall while vacationing on the Greek island of Rhodes and underwent surgery. Afterwards, an infection developed, causing Faithfull to cancel or postpone parts of her 50th anniversary tour, so that she could receive additional surgery and rehabilitation.
  
  In 2016, she revealed she had emphysema, a lung disease induced by smoking, and needed to use inhaled medication daily. She continued to smoke, however, and was not able to quit until 2019, later regretting that she had not done so sooner.
  
  On 4 April 2020, it was announced that Faithfull was hospitalised in London for pneumonia following a positive COVID-19 test. Her management company reported that she was "stable and responding to treatment." On 21 April, following a three-week stay, she was discharged from the hospitalisation. In a brief statement, she publicly thanked the hospital staff for, "without a doubt," saving her life. She initially thought she would be unable to sing again after the effects of the coronavirus on her lungs, and she continued to suffer memory loss because of it. She worked on her breathing and undertook singing practice as a part of her recovery.
  
  Faithfull died in London on 30 January 2025, at the age of 78.
  
  In later years, Faithfull's touring and work schedule were interrupted by health problems. In late 2004, she called off the European leg of a world tour, promoting Before the Poison, after collapsing on stage in Milan, and was hospitalised for exhaustion. In 2005, the tour resumed to include a U.S. leg. In September 2006, she again cancelled a concert tour, this time after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis The following month, she underwent surgery in France, but required no further treatment as the tumour had been caught very early. Less than two months later, she made a public statement of full recovery.
  
  In October 2007, on the UK television program This Morning, Faithfull disclosed that she suffered from hepatitis C, which had first been diagnosed 12 years earlier. She discussed both the cancer and hepatitis diagnoses in greater depth in her memoir Memories, Dreams and Reflections. On 27 May 2008, she posted the following on her MySpace page, with the headline "Tour Dates Cancelled" (and credited to FR Management, the company operated by her boyfriend/manager François Ravard): "Due to general mental, physical, and nervous exhaustion, doctors have ordered Marianne Faithfull to immediately cease all work activities and rehabilitate. The treatment and recovery should last around six months."
  
  In August 2013, Faithfull was forced to cancel a string of concerts in the U.S. and Lebanon, after a back injury during a holiday trip in California.
  
  On 30 May 2014, Faithfull suffered a broken hip after a fall while vacationing on the Greek island of Rhodes and underwent surgery. Afterwards, an infection developed, causing Faithfull to cancel or postpone parts of her 50th anniversary tour, so that she could receive additional surgery and rehabilitation.
  
  In 2016, she revealed she had emphysema, a lung disease induced by smoking, and needed to use inhaled medication daily. She continued to smoke, however, and was not able to quit until 2019, later regretting that she had not done so sooner.
  
  On 4 April 2020, it was announced that Faithfull was hospitalised in London for pneumonia following a positive COVID-19 test. Her management company reported that she was "stable and responding to treatment." On 21 April, following a three-week stay, she was discharged from the hospitalisation. In a brief statement, she publicly thanked the hospital staff for, "without a doubt," saving her life. She initially thought she would be unable to sing again after the effects of the coronavirus on her lungs, and she continued to suffer memory loss because of it. She worked on her breathing and undertook singing practice as a part of her recovery.
  
  Faithfull died in London on 30 January 2025, at the age of 78.