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 It is with a heavy heart that we gather today to reflect on the profound loss that has left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry and the lives of those who knew and loved him. 

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It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of legendary French actor Alain Delon, who died at the age of 88. Renowned for his striking ocean blue eyes and chiseled cheekbones, Delon was often celebrated as one of the most beautiful movie stars of all time. He was the iconic presence in films like Le Samourai, Plein Soleil, Rocco And His Brothers, and many more, bringing a unique blend of insouciant cool and brooding intensity to both his on-screen and off-screen persona. Delon passed away peacefully at his home in Douchy on August 18, surrounded by his three children and family.

Born on November 8, 1935, Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon seemed destined for the silver screen. His father, François Fabien Delon, was a cinema projectionist and later the director of La Régina cinema, while his mother, Édith Marie Suzanne Arnold, worked as a pharmacist and cinema usher. Delon's early life was marked by turbulence, with a series of expulsions from school, brushes with the law, and involvement in street gangs. His life took a dramatic turn at the Cannes Film Festival in 1957, when talent scout Henry Wilson, representing David O. Selznick, spotted him and offered a chance to try his luck as an actor in Rome. From there, his rise to fame began.

Delon's early career was marked by romantic leads in films like Pierre Gaspard-Huit's Christine and Michel Boisrond's Weak Women and Way Of Youth. However, his breakout roles came in 1960 with René Clément's Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) and Luchino Visconti's Rocco And His Brothers. In Plein Soleil, the first screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, Delon played the role of the sociopathic social climber Tom Ripley, showcasing his acting prowess beyond his good looks. In Rocco And His Brothers, Delon delivered a powerful performance as Rocco, a young man navigating hardships alongside his siblings after their father's death, drawing from his own tumultuous past.

Delon's star continued to rise as he took on more auteur-driven projects, including Michelangelo Antonioni's intense romantic drama L'Eclisse, Visconti's historical epic The Leopard, and Jean-Pierre Melville's stylized 1967 neo-noir crime thriller Le Samourai, where he captivated audiences as the impeccably dressed assassin Jef Costello. Over his illustrious career, Delon starred in 90 films spanning more than 50 years, delivering unforgettable performances in movies like Girl On A Motorcycle with Marianne Faithfull, La Piscine (later remade as A Bigger Splash by Luca Guadagnino), the César award-winning Monsieur Klein, and Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague.

Even after officially retiring from acting in 1997, Delon couldn’t resist the lure of the screen, returning a decade later to portray Julius Caesar in the 2008 live-action French family film Asterix At The Olympic Games. This would be one of the final appearances of a star who became increasingly private in his later years.