Daily Mail UK Brigitte Bardot was the woman so alluring the term 'sex kitten' was coined just for her... but who turned her back on men, movies and motherhood to become a firebrand animal rights activist - and sparked outrage with her unapologetic racism
BRIAN VINER: Her death, at 91, was announced on Sunday just weeks after the animal-welfare foundation that carried her name denied reports of her diminishing health after a 'minor' surgical procedure.