Alain Delon

Impossibly handsome yet dark, deeply romantic yet cynical, born to captivate yet solitary, sometimes an angel and at times a devil… These were the two diametrically opposed aspects of Alain Delon’s sculpted face, who passed away yesterday at the age of 88, marking the end of an era that he had indelibly shaped.

French film legend Alain Delon, a divisive star known to some as a sex symbol and to others an egotistical chauvinist, has died at the age of 88, his children announced Sunday in a statement.

In a statement to AFP, the family confirmed that Delon "passed away peacefully at his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and loved ones," requesting privacy during this time.

In recent years, Delon had struggled with health issues and had largely withdrawn from public life.

Alain Delon has passed away, as announced by his children, according to Libération, at the age of 88.

Statements by his daughter on the... "Wild West" in Alain Delon's home, coupled with his fragile health, prompted the search of his home

His off-screen life may have been full of tumultuous relationships and scandal, but controversial French film icon Alain Delon says his successful career was "due to women and for women" in a new book about his life.

More than 80 artworks from the private collection of iconic French actor Alain Delon will go up for auction in June, it was announced on April 4.

Delon, 87, became one of the embodiments of French style in the 1960s with roles in classic films such as "La Piscine," "The Leopard" and "The Samurai."

Actress Claudia Cardinale may have been a sixties legend of Italian and French cinema, but in Tunisia, in the portside district where she grew up, she says she feels "at home."

"I left very young, but I spent my whole childhood here, my adolescence," said Cardinale, now 84. "My origins are here."

Legendary French actor Alain Delon is recovering in a Swiss clinic after suffering a stroke and "slight" brain haemorrhage several weeks ago, his eldest son Anthony Delon said on Thursday, quoted by Swissinfo.ch.

In mid-June, Alain Delon's entourage said the actor had been admitted to the American Hospital in Neuilly "for dizziness and minor headaches".

Just a few weeks before the French elections in April, the legendary star Brigitte Bardot stated once again her active support for the right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen.