Overview
- Bernard d’Ormale told Paris Match that Bardot died of cancer and had undergone two operations, noting she remained lucid and concerned for her animals.
- A private mass at Notre‑Dame de l’Assomption was followed by a private burial in the maritime cemetery beside her parents and first husband Roger Vadim.
- Authorities installed giant screens in the port and town center, and a public homage was held at the Pré des Pêcheurs.
- Attendees included Marine Le Pen, environmental activist Paul Watson and minister Aurore Bergé, while President Emmanuel Macron did not attend.
- Bardot died on December 28 at 91 at her La Madrague home after two autumn hospitalizations, and she had previously survived breast cancer in the 1980s.