French actor and film producer Alain Delon, who starred in some of the greatest European films of the 1960s and '70s, has passed away at the age of 88, as per The Hollywood Reporter. Paris: French actor and film producer Alain Delon, who starred in some of the greatest European films of the 1960s and '70s, has passed away at the age of 88, as per The Hollywood Reporter. "Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, are deeply saddened to announce the passing of their father.
He passed away peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family," a statement from the family released. Delon had been suffering from poor health in recent years and had a stroke in 2019. "With a filmography boasting such titles as Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers (1960) and The Leopard (1963), Rene Clement's Purple Noon (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni's The Eclipse (1962), Joseph Losey's Mr.
Klein (1976) and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai (1967) and The Red Circle (1970), Delon graced several art house movies now considered classics," according to The Hollywood Reporter. His tense and stoic performances, frequently as alluring men, were characterised by abrupt outbursts of violence and emotion. He was often dubbed "the male Brigitte Bardot.
" Delon got few accolades in his lifetime despite having produced several dozen films and appearing in about 100. He won the French Cesar only once, for Bertrand Blier's 1984 romance Our Story, in which he pl.