Brigitte Bardot Dies: Iconic French Actress Was 91

Brigitte Bardot, the iconic French actress, is dead at 91. On Sunday, Dec. 28, a statement from Bardot’s animal rights foundation announced her death. “The Brigitte Bardot Foundation pays tribute to the memory of an exceptional woman who gave everything and gave up everything for a world more respectful of animals,” the statement, initially shared with the news agency, Agence France-Presse, read, per NPR. “Her legacy lives on through the actions and struggles the Foundation continues with the same passion and the same fidelity to her ideals.” Details about the time and place of her death were not revealed, nor was Bardot’s official cause of death. In the late ’50s and ’60s,…