PARIS (AP) — Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported.
With his handsome looks and tender manner, the prolific actor was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France’s memorable leading men.
Delon was also a producer, appeared in plays and, in later years, in television movies.
His children announced the death on Sunday in a statement to French national news agency Agence France-Presse, a common practice in FranceTributes to Delon immediately started pouring in on social platforms, and all leading French
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