Working helped after L'Wren Scott's death : Mick Jagger

London, July 20 (IANS) The Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger has opened up about his long-term partner's death for the first time since her suicide in March, saying he's doing "okay" in the "hard year".

He admits that he coped up with the news of her death by touring with his band and working on "Get On Up", a new movie about soul icon James Brown, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"I'm doing OK. It's a difficult, very hard year, but I got back into it by working on touring with the Stones in Europe and doing other things including doing this great movie," said Jagger in an interview to NBC.

"I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way," he added.

L'Wren Scott was found dead in her Manhattan apartment earlier this year.