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Saint-Tropez Hosts Funeral for Screen Legend Brigitte Bardot

SAINT-TROPEZ, France — Brigitte Bardot was laid to rest Thursday in her adopted hometown as crowds gathered for a Catholic funeral that underscored both the enduring glamour and the sharp divides of the French screen icon’s legacy. The Brigitte Bardot funeral drew hundreds to Saint-Tropez, where her husband disclosed she had died of cancer on Dec. 28 at age 91. A wicker coffin was carried up the steps of the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption church and greeted by Bardot’s long-estranged son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. The service,…