Alain Delon

Whether playing the lover opposite Marianne Faithfull or the assassin in Le Samouraï, the prolific French actor was a symbol of the lost beauty of the 60s.

He had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019.

French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, ...

French acting star Alain Delon, whose many iconic roles included Le Samouraï, Plein Soleil and The Leopard, has died in France at the age of 88.

To some he was the sexiest man of the 20th century who played the impeccably tailored, ice-cold killers popularised by 1960s New Wave films to perfection. To ...

Delon starred in more than 80 movies over six decades, including such classics as "Le Samouraï" and "The Leopard." He was 88.

PARIS, Aug 18 — French film legend Alain Delon has died at the age of 88, his three children told AFP in a statement on Sunday, following a battle with ill ...

The French actor known for his roles in Le Samourai and Purple Noon also courted controversy with his far-right support.

Alain Delon was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France's memorable leading men.

The actor, known for his roles in classics “Purple Noon” (1960) and “Le Samourai” (1967), died in the early hours of the morning, his son Anthony told AFP. He ...

Once described as the most beautiful man in the movies, Delon had become a virtual recluse with his children trading public insults.

PARIS, France (Reuters): French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his ...

PARIS, Aug 18 — Beautiful women tended to fall at the feet of the French screen idol Alain Delon. But scarred by a childhood spent with foster families and ...

French actor Alain Delon has died aged 88. Best known for his cinema work in the 1960s, he starred in a string of works by auteur directors before turning ...

One of the most popular male stars of French cinema who often played tough guys and calculated killers.

The prolific actor was ...

Delon rose to international fame in the 1960s with roles in classic films such as Purple Noon (1960), The Leopard (1963) and Le Samouraï (1969).

PARIS: As tributes for film legend Alain Delon poured in from around the globe following his death at 88, France was preparing on Monday its farewell ...

As tributes for film legend Alain Delon poured in from around the globe following his death at 88, France was preparing on Monday its farewell to one of its ...

Alain Delon's death at the age of 88 brings down the curtain of one of postwar European cinema's most important film stars.

'Angel-faced' Alain Delon, French actor of instinctive genius who often played dark characters – gangsters and, in Le Samourai, a hitman – remembered by ...

The controversial French star, who died at 88, was the gorgeous face of '60s Euro-ennui — but he understood that a look was worth a thousand words.

France on Monday paid homage to film legend Alain Delon following his death at 88, with tributes pouring in for the actor who became one of his country's ...

The prolific actor was ...

Alain Delon died on 18 August at home in France at the age of 88. The star of 'The Swimming Pool' and 'The Leopard' was famously a heartbreaker who left a ...

Chief film critic Peter Debruge pays homage to Alain Delon, the French star who played Tom Ripley in 'Purple Noon' and a hitman in 'Le Samouraï.'