Alain Delon dead at 88: French film legend, most famous for playing seductive killers, dies surrounded by family and children<br /><br />French film legend Alain Delon has died 'very early in the middle of the night', aged 88, surrounded by his family and children.<br /><br />The actor had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019, rarely leaving his estate in Douchy, in France's Val de Loire region.<br /><br />Delon's legend was launched in 1960, playing pretty boy killers and mysterious schemers in 'Purple Noon' - later remade as 'The Talented Mr Ripley' - and Luchino Visconti's 'The Leopard'. <br /><br />A rarity on the screen since the 1990s, Delon made headlines in 2023 when his three children filed a complaint against his live-in assistant Hiromi Rollin, accusing her of harassment and threatening behaviour.<br /><br />His three children went on to wage a public battle in the media and the courts, arguing over the star's state of health. <br /><br />In May 2019, he made his last major public appearance on the red carpet to receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.<br /><br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13754557/Alain-Delon-dead-88-French-film-legend.html
