Singer Claudine Longet, infamous over fatal shooting, dies aged 84

Claudine Longet fatally shot Olympic skier Vladimir ‘Spider’ Sabich, in 1976 (AP)

Claudine Longet, the French singer and actress who was at the centre of a manslaughter trial after she was charged with the fatal shooting of her Olympic skier boyfriend, has died aged 84.

Longet’s nephew, Bryan Longet, announced her death in a social media post on Thursday.