The marine cemetery in the city of Saint-Tropez, southeastern France, where the Bardot family graves are located, on December 29, 2025. MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP
Cinema icon Brigitte Bardot is to be buried in a graveyard in her hometown of Saint-Tropez, an official said Monday, December 29, as France wrestles with how to pay tribute to a cultural legend who in later years championed far-right views.
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Bardot, who died on Sunday aged 91 after decades as an animal rights campaigner, had said she wanted to be laid to rest in her garden with a simple wooden cross on her grave – like those of her pets.
