The monument of French cinema is no more. Seriously ill, the actor Alain Delon died on Sunday August 18 around 3 am, at the age of 88 in his estate in Douchy (Loiret). The day after his death, tributes are multiplying in the newsstands and are pouring in from all over the world, so much will the interpreter of “The Leopard” or “The Samurai” have marked the history of the silver screen.
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 Japanese broadcaster NHK, among others “for his charm and his gestures”. American filmmaker Jim Jarmusch paid tribute on his Instagram account to the “Angel-faced gangster”“. Alain Delon’s face is on the front pages of many French newsstands this morning.
In Douchy, the fans parade. The actor had lived in this town 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. Before his death, Alain Delon 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 tearing each other apart, with crossed complaints, for months about the actor’s health, his three children spoke with one voice to announce, Sunday, the death of Alain Delon. It remains for Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien to agree on the conduct of their father’s funeral.