French actor Alain Delon dead at 88

[therearewords]

Alain Delon Dies: Iconic French Actor Was 88 https://t.co/aluj8lQDAM
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) August 18, 2024
- The actor’s children said in a press statement to the AFP that their father had died in his long-time chateau home in the village of Douchy on Sunday

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[therearewords]

I know I hid it well, but I know very little about this man and Deadline's article was so fresh that it existed out of six sentences.

[benihime99]

He was a great actor in his youth
And a gigantic asshole

[therearewords]

So I did remember correctly!

[sillyskinny]

He was a terrible person.

My condolences to the people who cared about him.

[benihime99]

Oh non... Anyway

[totalrecoil]

"had an age gap relationship"

LOL, this is literally the least of his crimes. I think the racism, DV, & homophobia is pretty well-known, but denying paternity of his son has to be one of his greatest hits.

The child's mother, the singer Nico, was unable to care for him due to her serious drug addiction, so Alain Delon's mother decided to take him in and raise him herself. Delon told his mom that she had to choose between him or her grandson. She chose to take care of the child who, after all, had no one else in the world and Delon repaid this by not speaking to his mother for 20 years.

I do wonder - when you're this beautiful, does developing a moral compass basically become optional?

[blazingeternity]

Isn't there also a serious dispute among his children about his estate or something? I vaguely remember a post about it in the past where I first learned about the things you summed up and more.

Ah... found the post: https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/127590221.html
He also had a whole arsenal of fire arms (72) that were seized by police earlier this year. Damn.

[benihime99]

The man talked about himself at the third person

A moral compass was not on his agenda

[nutella_forever]

Also, the child was born while he was engaged to Romy Schneider, and Alain remained weirdly obsessed with her all his life

[violet_crumble9]