Cinema icon Brigitte Bardot is set to be buried by the sea in the French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez, it emerged today.
The funeral will take place on January 7 at 10am at Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption church in Saint-Tropez, the private chapel on the estate she bought more than 70 years ago, BFM TV reported.
The 91-year-old Brigitte Bardot died at her home near St Tropez ‘at dawn’ on Sunday morning, following months of illness.
This was just after she became internationally famous after starring in ‘And God Created Woman’ – the 1956 film directed by her then husband, Roger Vadim.
The actress, who became a symbol of 1950s and 60s France, made her home in the resort where she said she found solace among animals and dedicated her life to their welfare.
Brigitte Bardot initially told French weekly Paris Match in 2024 that she wanted to be buried in her garden, but the local authorities say no request for that has been made.
A local government source in St Tropez said on Monday: ‘Brigitte indicated that she wanted La Madrague to be her final resting place.
‘Crowds of people used to file past the estate trying to catch a glimpse of her, and she wanted it to become a museum.
‘The estate contains a fisherman’s cottage, which will be left as it was, because Brigitte enjoyed some of her happiest times there.
‘Lots of her former pets are buried around the estate, and Brigitte wants to be with them all.’
In an interview in 2018, Ms Brigitte Bardot herself said: ‘I embrace the pilgrimage aspect, because I will be buried in the garden. I chose a small spot, close to the sea.
‘The formalities have been completed. A specific location has been approved by the authorities, out of sight but near the graves in my pet cemetery.’Roger Vadim, who died in 2000, is also buried in St Tropez.
On Monday, Ms Bardot’s animal charity revealed that she died at dawn on Sunday, with her fourth husband, Bernard d’Ormale, by her side.
A statement by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation said she ‘took her last breath at 6am’.
‘Bernard d’Ormale, her husband, who was with her until the very end, was by her side when she passed away.
‘He could hear her breathing normally. And then, at 5:55 a.m., she whispered her little word of love to him, ‘pew pew.’ And that was it’.
Beyond a private funeral in St Tropez, there could be a national tribute to Ms Bardot, French government sources indicated.
No details about the cause of Ms Bardot’s death have yet been released.
In 1984, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and refused chemotherapy, opting for radiation treatment instead, successfully going into remission in 1986.
She also suffered from severe arthritis, which often required her to use walking sticks.
Brigitte Bardot made 45 films in all and recorded 70 songs as a pop singer before retiring from public life in 1973.
She had just released her latest book, Mon BBcédaire, which is a play on her B.B. nickname.
The memoir retells her life in an A to Z, listing anecdotes, thoughts, feelings, and struggles.
Her far-Right politics became increasingly controversial, and she was fined six times for inciting racial hatred, particularly against immigrants and Muslims, and residents of the French overseas territory of Réunion, whom she called ‘degenerate savages’.
Ms Bardot had a long history of supporting France’s Front National (FN) rally party, which has since been renamed the National Rally.
Ms Bardot was married four times – to Vadim between 1952 and 1957, Jacques Charrier between 1959 and 1962, Gunter Sachs (1966-1969), and former Jean Marie Le Pen adviser, Mr D’Ormale, whom she married in 1992.
She also had a number of other high-profile relationships, including with Jean-Louis Trintignant and Serge Gainsbourg.
Ms Bardot had one son, Nicholas-Jacques Charrier, with Jacques Charrier.
Amelia Gray Hamlin Flaunts Her Rock Hard Abs In New Photo
Amelia Gray Hamlin was active on Instagram on Sunday, tantalizing fans with a bikini-clad photo.
The 24-year-old model Amelia Gray Hamlin snapped a selfie, flashing her impressive washboard abs while posing in a mirror.
The influencer, who is the daughter of Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin, was clad in a stringy, pink, patterned two-piece.
Her glossy raven locks fell around her face in the enchanting snapshot, shared via Instagram Story.
Amelia Gray Hamlin shared even more with her nearly two million followers, later uploading photos in low-rise baby blue shorts.
The fashionista teamed the teeny bottoms with a cropped white T-shirt, once again putting her midriff on display.
She gave her followers a view at the back of the micro shorts, which read ‘Island girl.’
Amelia Gray Hamlin recently went public with her romance with Nicolai Marciano, 30, who is the heir of Guess? Inc.
While her new man did not make an appearance in her latest social media snaps, she did subtly mention him.
One photo was a closeup angle that she wrote was taken from his perspective.
‘My boyfriend’s POV,’ she wrote under the image before sharing another one that showed her topless while untying her bikini top to sunbathe.
‘Also this,’ she wrote, once again referring to his point-of-view.
Hamlin rested her chin in her hand in yet another picture, declaring, ‘2025 was the best year of my life.’
She went public with her relationship at the FRAME & Amelia Gray Celebrate Collaboration at Chateau Marmont in November.
It came after they were previously spotted together at a GQ event.
Marciano’s father Paul Marciano, 73, is the co-founder of Guess.
The heir is the Chief New Business Development Officer for Guess? Inc and has also worked in brand partnerships and specialty marketing for the company.
His responsibilities in the role include everything from ‘juggling multiple tasks from oversight of the build-out of wholesale accounts to opening brand-dedicated concept stores to ensuring the brand line incorporates vintage Guess elements from the 1980s,’ according to Sourcing Journal.
The executive told the site: ‘Sustainability and performance will play a large part in the dialogue.’
Guess? Inc was founded in 1981 by brothers Paul, Maurice, and Armand Marciano. The company was established after the Marciano brothers left France to pursue the ‘American dream’ in the US.
The brand has been known for featuring celebrities like Anna Nicole Smith, Claudia Schiffer, Jennifer Lopez and, more recently, Sydney Sweeney in its ads.