Overview
- Her husband, Bernard d'Ormale, said Bardot had cancer and underwent two operations in the weeks before her Dec. 28 death, sharing details of her final moments in Paris Match.
- A private Catholic service was held at Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption, followed by a private burial at the marine cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean.
- Large screens in Saint-Tropez broadcast the ceremony for the public, with a separate homage organized for admirers in the town she long called home.
- French far-right leader Marine Le Pen attended, while President Emmanuel Macron was not present after the family declined an offered national commemoration.
- Bardot’s son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, joined family at the service, and her foundation emphasized a simple ceremony and pledged to continue her animal-welfare work.