Overview
- Bardot’s funeral and burial are being held on January 7 in Saint-Tropez, with a church service at Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption followed by interment at the seaside cemetery.
- Her husband, Bernard d’Ormalle, told Paris Match that cancer caused her death and said she underwent two operations after months of severe back pain and hospitalizations.
- The family restricted attendance to close relatives and friends and asked invitees not to alert the press in advance.
- Marine Le Pen said she would attend in a personal capacity, environmentalist Paul Watson is expected, and press reports say Gipsy Kings musicians may participate, while President Emmanuel Macron reportedly was not invited.
- Bardot died on December 28 at 91 and will be laid to rest near director Roger Vadim, as coverage also recalls her global stardom and later-life animal protection work.