French movie giant Alain Delon dies aged 88

A file photo taken on April 10, 1981 in Paris shows French actor Alain Delon during the presidential election campaign of former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing. The French film legend has died at the age of 88, his three children told AFP in a statement on Aug 18, 2024, following a battle with ill health. – AFP

PARIS, France (Reuters): French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, his three children said on Sunday. He was 88.

Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019, rarely leaving his estate in Douchy, in France's Val de Loire region.