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Iconic French actress Brigitte Bardot died following a recent health problem. She was 91 years old.
“The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its founder and president, Madame Brigitte Bardot, world-renowned actress and singer, who chose to abandon her prestigious career to devote her life and her energy to animal welfare and to her foundation,” declared the Bardot association in a press release to AFP on Sunday December 28.
The foundation did not specify the time or location of Bardot’s death.
The news of Bardot’s death comes after she was hospitalized for unspecified health problems. French newspaper Var-Morning reported in October 2025 that she had undergone surgery for a “serious illness” and was in “worrying” condition. According to the outlet, Bardot spent three weeks in the hospital before returning home to Saint-Tropez, France, to recover.
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Bardot’s office later confirmed to Reuters that she was recovering at home after undergoing a “minor operation which went well”, noting that she wanted to express her gratitude to the staff and surgeons at the private Saint-Jean Hospital in Toulon, France.
Days after her medical issues made headlines, Bardot closed a online rumor that she had died.
“I don’t know which idiot started this false news about my disappearance this evening, but know that I am fine and that I have no intention of bowing out,” she wrote in French via X in October 2025. “A word from the wise.”
Bardot previously suffered a health scare in July 2023 when doctors were called to her home to treat her for breathing problems.
“[Her breathing] was stronger than usual but she did not lose consciousness”, her husband, Bernard d’Ormalesaid Var-Morning at the time. “Let’s call it a breathing distraction moment.”
He added: “Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer stand the heat. This happens at 88 years old. She must not make unnecessary efforts.”
Brigitte Bardot.
Gilles Bassignac/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesBorn in Paris, France, in September 1934, Bardot rose to fame when she starred in the 1952 film. Manina, the girl in the bikini at 17 years old. She gained international recognition for her role in the 1957 film And God created womanthus earning the label of sex symbol. Other memorable credits include the 1960s The truth1963 Contempt and the 1965s Long live Mary! Bardot also pursued a musical career, releasing her first album, Brigitte Bardot singsin 1963.
Bardot retired from acting in 1973 at the age of 39, noting at the time that she wanted to “go out in style”.
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After leaving the film industry, Bardot became an animal rights activist and launched the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986.
As for her personal life, Bardot was previously married to Roger Vadim from 1952 to 1957, Jacques Charrier from 1959 to 1962 and Gunter Sachs from 1966 to 1969. She married d’Ormale in August 1992.
Bardot became a mother in January 1960 with the birth of her and Charrier’s son, Nicolas. Bardot and Nicolas had a strained relationship for years, but she revealed in 2018 that they had reconciled.
Bardot leaves to mourn her husband, from Ormale, her son Nicolas, her granddaughters Anna and Thea and her great-grandchildren.
