RIP Alain Delon. French ctor Alain Delon died at his home in Douchy, France on August 18th at the age of 88. Born in Sceaux, Seine, Île-de-France, France on November 8, 1935, his icy good looks established him as a postwar international celebrity who enjoyed a long commercial film career in Europe. Delon starred in more than 80 movies over six decades, including such classics as “Le Samouraï” and “The Leopard”. Although he tried, and failed, to build a Hollywood career, Delon’s co-stars in European productions included Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Charles Bronson, Yves Montand and Brigitte Bardot, as well as German star Romy Schneider, with whom he was romantically involved. Over the years, Delon was awarded an honorary Palme d’Or and a César Award for Best Actor. Although he was best known for playing handsome, amoral criminals, Delon showed range and artistic ambition on screen, especially as he aged. In 1991, Delon was named a Chevalier of France’s Legion of Honor, later promoted to Officer. Much of his later work was in television and on stage, and his last screen credit was as himself in the 2019 French film “Toute Ressemblance”. That same year, after he suffered a stroke, his children began a long, public fight over his care. In early 2024, a French judge placed Delon under legal guardianship. Alain Delon appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Red Sun” in 1971 as Gotch ‘Gauche’ Kink and in “Zorro” in 1975 as Don Diego de la Vega/Miguel Eloretta/El Zorro. Delon also was to star in an earlier Euro-western “Western Star” in 1964, the film was never made.
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