[The Sun] BRIGITTE Bardot has died aged 91 just weeks after undergoing surgery and battling a "sudden illness".
The iconic French film star became an international sex symbol in the '60s before turning her back on the movie industry to embrace animal rights activism.Bardot's death on Sunday comes just weeks after the screen legend was rushed to the hospital in late November.
Weeks earlier, the star had undergone surgery "as part of treatment for a serious illness".
Bruno Jacquelin, of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the protection of animals, today confirmed her death at her home in southern France. |