“Alain Delon has played legendary roles and made the world dream”. It is with these words posted on X that Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the memory of the French actor, died at the age of 88, Sunday August 18 around 3 a.m., in his estate in Douchy (Loiret). “It’s a small part of the France we love that’s leaving with him“, reacted the elected representative of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen. A self-confessed Gaullist, Alain Delon is particularly honored by the right of the political spectrum. With the exception of Fabien Roussel on the left, deploring a “cinema icon who is leaving and whom the whole world is mourning this morning” and Anne Hidalgo, who greets “a giant” Who “will have marked minds and hearts”. Follow the reactions in this live broadcast.
From Japan to the United States, his death has moved people. For the Spiegel German, which displays a photo of Delon with Romy Schneider, he was “the European James Dean”while BBC salutes actor Who “made fans’ hearts race in any role, from an assassin to a charismatic crook”. His performances will have left their mark as far as Japan, where he was “idolatrous“, according to the NHK channel, in particular “for his charm and his gestures”.
In Douchy, the fans parade. The actor had lived in this commune in Loiret for several years. As soon as his death was announced, local residents came to lay wreaths of flowers in front of the entrance to the actor’s residence. Alain Delon had expressed the wish to be buried on his property and had “initiated administrative procedures in this regard”according to the department’s sub-prefect.
Actor’s family united. After months of arguing over the actor’s health, with repeated complaints, his three children spoke out with one voice to announce Alain Delon’s death on Sunday. Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien now have to agree on how their father’s funeral will take place, the date of which has not yet been announced.