Alain Delon, the internationally celebrated French actor and star of “Plein Soleil,” died Sunday after a battle against B-cell lymphoma. He was 88.
According to media reports, Delon’s children confirmed his death to French news agency Agence France-Presse.
“Mr. Klein or Rocco, the Leopard or the Samurai, Alain Delon has played legendary roles and made the world dream. Lending his unforgettable face to shake up our lives,” President Macron wrote on X. “Melancholic, popular, secretive, he was more than a star: a French monument.”
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