Actor Alain Delon turned 85: “I have organized everything that will happen on the day of my departure. I don’t want to have a priest around “

Alain Delon was born on November 8, 1935 in Sceaux, but his childhood was tumultuous. His parents, Edith and Fabien, divorced when he was four and each of them remarried.

After this episode, Alain Delon is adopted, so much so that later, after the death of his adoptive parents, Edith and Fabien share custody, without agreeing on the matter. The future star of France is enrolled in a Roman Catholic boarding school, but will be expelled from here, as well as from other schools, due to her erratic behavior.

Often regarded as James Dean’s French correspondent, the actor did not attend any acting school. However, it has been noticed and released by some of the most famous directors in the world, such as Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni or Louis Malle.

After four years in the Navy, Delon returned in 1956 to work as a waiter, portrait painter, personal assistant or clerk. In this period he befriends the actress Brigitte Auber, whom he accompanies at the Cannes Film Festival. Here he is noticed by the American talent scout David Selznick who offers him his first contract, as long as Delon learns English.

Back in Paris with the idea of ​​studying, he meets director Yves Allégret who convinces him that he can become just as famous if he stays in his home country. Hand in hand or not, Selznick allows Delon to break his contract at Cannes, and Allégret offers him his first role in the film “Quand la femme s’en mêle”, in which he is highly regarded, thus receiving the award. the second role, in “Faibles femmes”, an Italian-French co-production which, given the success at the French box office, ends up being released in America. Thus, Alain Delon becomes internationally known.

Her first starring role was in the film “Christine”, where she starred opposite Romy Schneider, followed by a series of classic films, including: “Plein Soleil” (1960), directed by René Clément, “Rocco” . and his brothers ” (1960), directed by Luchino Visconti, with Renato Salvatori and Annie Girardot as partners. In 1962 he appeared with Monica Vitti in “L’Eclisse” (Eclipse), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, then in “Il Gattopardo” (Il chepardo, 1963), with the actors Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Giuliano Gemma and Terence Hill, which won the Palme d’Or at the 16th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival. In 1963 he starred in Christian-Jaque’s “La Tulipe noire”. The role of Jeff Costello in “Le Samourai” (1967), directed by Jean Pierre Melville, established the actor as the rebel fighter.

His Hollywood debut was “Once a Thief” (1965), followed by “The Lost Command”, “Texas Across the River” and “Yellow Rolls-Royce”.

Alain Delon is known as a true Don Juan, attracting many women over the years. Among them were his two wives, Nathalie Barthélemy and Rosalie van Breemen, his first love, Romy Schneider, and the woman he had been in a relationship with for 15 years, Mireille Darc.

In September 2017, the French actor underwent heart surgery, confessing in an interview published by the Swiss magazine “L’illustré” that he was in favor of assisted death, authorized in Switzerland, where he has lived since 1978, and suggested that he do so. this direction.

“Then we just realized. I have already agreed with my lawyers practically everything that will happen on the day of my departure. Especially since I don’t want to have a priest around,” explained the actor quoted by News.ro. In Switzerland, suicide assistance is authorized and is different from euthanasia, because it refers to providing a person with the means to commit suicide, without third parties initiating the act.

Alain Delon spoke casually about his last wishes before he died, stating that he wanted to organize a simple funeral, without national tributes, as happened to the artists Charles Aznavour and Johnny Hallyday.

“A hero must know how to die. I liked dying, because it’s an end point. You know where I’ll be buried, but there are no instructions. They’ll bury me like everyone else, but not like Aznavour and Hallyday,” he said for Le Monde in September 2018, writes News.ro.