His disappearance left an immense void… Sunday July 16, 2023, Jane Birkin dies aged 76. Victim of a stroke, the artist was found lifeless in her Parisian home. Mother of three children – Kate Barry, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon – she was the happy grandmother of Roman (born in 1987), Marlowe (2002) Ben (in 1997), Alice (in 2002), Jo ( in 2011) and Laszlo (in 2022). Although Lou Doillon’s youngest little one knew his grandmother, they had a special bond. “She’s everywhere and he knows it. She loved him very much and indeed, they live with us, those who left. We keep them. If we want to keep them, we keep them…”confided Lou Doillon to the media Louin a video shared Sunday February 18, 2024. For Psychologythe one who “pulled up the straps” by Yvan Attal, declared: “I feel good around small children. I have no complexes, I have fun, I’m light-hearted. We dress with leaves, we say that a rock is a whale, and when I see a child asleep by my side, I don’t blame him for not keeping me company at night”.
Marlowe Jack Tiger: “I hope you’ll look down on us all”
Monday July 24, 2023, during Jane Birkin’s funeral, it was one of her grandsons, Marlowe Jack Tiger, who spoke to talk about his memories with her. “Grandma, we will have been together for 21 years. We will have done more than 21 stupid things with Alice, Jo, Ben, Roman in your house in Prat-ar-Coum. We will have exchanged more than 21 kisses, always tender with me, with my little brother Laszlo who will be one year old in two days“, he declared. With emotion, he added: “I will always remember the stories you told me, the faces you made at me […] I hope that from up there you will look down on us all and that we can make you proud. I love you grand’ma”. Thursday October 19, 2023, for Paris MatchRoman de Kermadec, Kate Barry’s son, said: “When I was born, she was only 40 years old. As soon as my mother sent me to my grandmother, it was happiness, she was a woman full of life and energy. I was with Lou, who was also little, and who was like a big sister to me. It was great. All my best childhood memories are linked to my grandmother”.