Alain Delon died at age 88.

With his handsome looks and tender manner, the prolific¹ actor was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France's memorable² leading men.



Delon was also a producer, appeared in plays and, in later years, in television movies.

Tributes to Delon immediately started pouring in on social platforms, and all leading French media switched to full-fledged coverage³ of his rich career.

Earlier this year, his son Anthony had said his father had been diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma, a type of cancer.



Over the past year, Delon's fragile health condition had been at the heart of a family dispute over his care that gave rise to bitter exchanges through the media among his three children.