From the archives: Marianne Faithfull on the arduous highway to changing into a legend

Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull, who was a part of the Sixties British Invasion along with her hit single “As Tears Go By,” and who was a muse to Mick Jagger, died on Thursday, January 30, 2025, at age 78. On this “Sunday Morning” profile that aired Could 3, 2009, she talked with Anthony Mason about surviving intercourse, medicine, and rock ‘n’ roll; her daring comeback album, 1979’s critically-acclaimed “Damaged English”; and her penchant for being “very overenthusiastically looking forward to life.”