Alain Delon
Alain Delon: Numerous comments have been made, in France and beyond the borders of the actor, who was still alive that Sunday morning when his three children announced he had after all met with death.
The star of Plein soleil and Le Samouraï died this Sunday morning at the age of 88, causing a wave shockwave in France but also around the world.
“Alain Fabien, Anouchka and Anthony as well as Loubo have the immense sadness of one roll their dad,” his oral children said in a joint announcement to AFP.
He died around 3 am after battling lymphoma, his son Anthony told AFP.
Whether Mr. Klein or Rocco, the Leopard or the Samurai, Alain Delon played iconic roles that made us dream all over …
“Lending his unforgettable face to flip our lives massively,” hailed a ‘French monument. “
“The passing of Alain Delon creates an abysmal void that nothing and no one can fill” Alain, dying has closed a page of the history of France and you were one its leading figures, wrote Brigitte Bardot.
The actor has spent the last years of his life on his property, Douchy (Loiret), where he also wished to be buried, not far from the graves of their dogs.
The prefecture granted “approval in principle”. Outside his home, dozens of people on Sunday came to place flowers.
French actor Alain Delon, whose striking blue eyes and smoldering good looks guaranteed intergenerational fame in such films as “Purple Noon” and “Weekend,” has died at the age of 88.
His death really does signify the end of an era in European cinema, where he was renowned as one of its most iconic actors from the 20th century.
A career that spanned over five decades, Delon made more than 80 films in his time and will forever be associated with the brooding anti-hero.
Early Life
His parents divorced when he was young and after that went to several homes for children as well as boarding schools. This rough childhood might have also led to the slightly more intense and deep characters he would later play.
Unlike most of the stars, Delon did not have a traditional approach to acting. Coming back to Paris after a spell with the French Navy, his model looks attracted talent scouts.
As Tom Ripley, a charming sociopath who killer for sport in Purple Noon Delon left an indelible mark as one manface of evil.
The film was a critical darling and Delon drew praise for his nuanced, intense performance.
Career Highlights
Delon in the meantime was but a giant by the 1960s, acting under some of the elite directors in cinema history.
His most iconic role is often considered to be Le Samouraï (1967), the ice-cold hitman in Jean-Pierre Melville’s film of the same name.
Its austere simplicity and Alain Delon’s coolly magnetic turn as a professional assassin immediately enshrined him in the pantheon of performers.
Delon followed with a Palm d’Or at Cannes for this epic historical drama set in 19th-century Sicily, which did even more to establish his credentials as one of the world’s great stars. He later collaborated with Visconti for “Rocco and His Brothers” (1960) and “The Eclipse, further displaying his range.
Although he was successful, Delon’s career would not be without controversy. He was frequently on a variety of commercials that had cast him as the brooding outsider who seemed to come with his own dark cloud over-head, an identity reflecting element in many ways to Murphy’s personal life.
His links to crime and his participation in the 1960s high-profile murder trial further enhanced both his mystery and public.
Legacy and Impact
Alain Delon was a giant of cinema. He was more than just another pretty face; he was an artist whose intensity in his roles made him shine.
His characters often incarnated the existential angst and moral ambiguity that defined French New Wave, as well European cinema of the 1960s-70s.
Not only as an actor but Delon also produced films and had a deep knowledge of the business side.
Delon lived as vividly off the screen as on. He was romantically linked with actresses Romy Schneider, Nathalie Delon and Mireille Darc; His life was not without tragedy too, such as the death of his son Anthony Delon that haunted him deeply.
During the last years of his life, Delon disappeared from the public life, sparingly appearing in public and mostly living in seclusion.
In 2019, he received a Palme d’Or for lifetime achievement at the Cannes Film Festival. It seems a good parting gift for a man who contributed so much to cinema.
Alain Delon’s death is the end of its own chapter in the history of the world cinema.
The man became a symbol of the passing era, a person whose authority and at the same time enigma was literally taught on the screens.
Now, he leaves behind a new legacy of excellent roles that delivered tremendous pleasure to the audience.
Now, other generations of actors and filmmakers will admire him and attempt to use the legacy Delon left behind in their work. Thus, the life of the iconic actor can only be celebrated in tears.