A few days ago Yvan Attal was a guest on the show “RTL Bonsoir”. He returned to the death of Jane Birkin with very touching words.
It's very painful, she was a little sick, so that was to be expected. But when it happens, it's always surprising, you don't expect it... It's like you don't expect it. My mother-in-law was first of all my very mother-in-law. I have been with Charlotte for thirty years and I have always been lucky to have this sublime mother-in-law in front of me. As an only child, she did me a favor, she went to see my mother when I was not there, when I was working… She spent a lot of time with her. And, sometimes, she tightened my straps when she found that I wasn't doing enough! […] My mother lost a presence that was very, very dear to her”