Alain Delon, the French actor, producer, and writer whose striking and unique beauty made him internationally popular, has died at the age of 88. His death was the result of a long-standing battle with ill health following a stroke in 2019, as well as a battle with lymphoma.
Delon will be remembered as an icon of French and European cinema, who worked with many famous directors.
He made his first film appearance in 1957, playing a hitman in the thriller "Quand la femme s'en mêle." He later gained international fame with the films Purple Noon (1960), The Leopard (1963), and Le Samouraï (1969).
He made several Italian films, mainly working with director Luchino Visconti, such as in the 1961 film “Rocco and His Brothers.” The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
In his later years, Delon expressed his disillusionment with the film industry, saying that money had killed the dream. "Money, commerce and television have destroyed the dream machine," he wrote in a 2003 issue of the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur.
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the actor. "Melancholy, popular, mysterious, he was more than a star, he is a French monument," Macron said.
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