December 12, 2013
PARIS (AFP) - British photographer Kate Barry, daughter of singer-actress Jane Birkin, died Wednesday after falling from the fourth floor of her Paris apartment building, informed sources said, confirming a media report.
According to a source, Barry, 46, fell from her home in a chic area of the French capital. She apparently fell from a window.
Barry lived alone in the apartment that was locked from the inside. Anti-depressants were found in her home, according to the source.
Barry was the daughter of British-born Birkin and British composer John Barry, famous for writing James Bond movie themes, who died in 2011.
Birkin and John Barry separated the year of Kate Barry's birth in 1967 and she was brought up until her teenage years by Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.
Kate Barry was also the half-sister of actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon.
Her death was first reported on the Pure People website.
