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Alain Delon, a French leading man known for his portrayal of Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero Tom Ripley, his work with directors including Louis Malle and Sergio Leone, and his open and unapologetic appetites, died Sunday, his family announced in a statement. He was 88.

Born Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon on November 8, 1935, in Sceaux, France, Delon was discovered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1957 by a representative of powerful studio head David O. Selznick. He was about to accept a contract, head to Hollywood, and start studying English when a French director, Yves Allégret, made him a separate offer that would allow him to remain in France. Delon chose the latter.

French actor Alain Delon on the set of Le Chemin des Ecoliers, directed by Michel Boisrond.

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French actors Alain Delon and Brigitte Bardot on the set of Histoires extraordinaires, directed by Louis Malle.

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Alain Delon celebrates his 28th birthday with Jane Fonda during the filming on the Côte d'Azur of the film 'Les Félins' directed by Ren

Alain Delon

French actor (1935–2024)

For the cigarette brand, see Alain Delon (cigarette).

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French:[alɛ̃dəlɔ̃]; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and became an international sex symbol.[1] He is regarded as one of the most well-known figures of the French cultural landscape.[2][3] His style, looks, and roles, which made him an international icon, earned him enduring popularity.[4]

Delon achieved critical acclaim for his roles in films such as Women Are Weak (1959), Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Any Number Can Win (1963), The Black Tulip (1964), The Last Adventure (1967), Le Samouraï (1967), The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968), La Piscine (1969), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972),

Alain Delon: Tragic finale as film great's family is torn apart

Hugh Schofield

BBC News, Paris

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The last of the male superstars from the golden era of French cinema, Alain Delon, has died at the age of 88.

In January he was also on the front pages - but not because of illness, a new film or a late-in-life marriage.

The final tragic act of Delon's life, unfolding in the media before a public torn between horror and fascination, was the breakdown of his family.

His three children had been fighting over the traces of memory and paternal love.

"Birds hide away in order to die. Big beasts do it under the full light of the projector," ran the first line of a long article in Le Monde newspaper dedicated to the saga.

It was a story, the newspaper said, with all the elements of Greek drama - a divided family, a tumbling mansion that was once the scene of glorious festivities.

And above all, a suffering protagonist who was confronted by the demons of his own turbulent past.

For the French, Delon was ci

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