This photograph shows a picture of late French actor Alain Delon on the French newspaper Paris Match among bunches of flowers and messages displayed at the entrance gate of Delon’s property La Brulerie in Douchy, central France, on Aug. 21, 2024. Delon, who died at 88, will be buried on Aug.
Aug. 24, 2024, a Catholic priest who is to officiate at the service told AFP. (Photo by Tom MASSON / AFP) PARIS — Cinema legend Alain Delon, who died at 88, will be buried on Saturday, Aug.
24, a Catholic priest who is to officiate at the service told AFP. Jean-Michel Di Falco, a former bishop in the southeastern city of Gap, said he had been asked by the actor to hold the funeral service. He gave no place or time for the ceremony, but French news channels CNews and BFMTV said it would take place at 5 p.
m. (1500 GMT) in Douchy-Montcorbon, a village in central France where Delon had a property surrounded by high walls and where he spent his final years. Delon had said he did not want a national memorial event, but rather a burial near his dogs on his property in Douchy.
READ: Alain Delon’s dog Loubo saved from euthanasia Such a burial on private property requires special permission from local authorities, which has now been granted by the prefect of the Loiret region, a source familiar with the application process told AFP. France has been paying homage to Delon, one of the country’s biggest stars, who was also shadowed by controversy. He was one of the last living legends of a gol.