Overview
- A private Mass at Notre-Dame de l’Assomption was relayed on three giant screens before a quiet burial in the seaside family grave in Saint-Tropez.
- Notable attendees included her son Nicolas, Marine Le Pen, activist Paul Watson, and Equalities Minister Aurore Bergé, with the town drawing large crowds to public tribute areas.
- Chico of the Gipsy Kings performed Djobi Djoba outside the church, while Mireille Mathieu sang Panis Angelicus and Vincent Niclo offered an Ave Maria during the service.
- President Emmanuel Macron did not attend but sent a wreath with his wife, continuing the Élysée’s practice seen at other recent film icons’ funerals.
- Bernard d’Ormale said Bardot underwent two surgeries and declined in recent months at La Madrague, without identifying the cancer type; she died on December 28 at age 91.