French heart-throb Alain Delon, 88, died on August 18. From the 1950s through 2010, Delon worked with some of the film industry’s top directors: René Clément (Purple Noon, a 1960 version of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Che Gioia Vivere, Joy House, Is Paris Burning?); Luchino Visconti (Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard), Michelangelo Antonioni (Eclipse), Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague). He aged easily from young hottie to handsome character star (he won a César Award for Notre Histoire, 1984). Among his many lovers were Romy Schneider, Nico, Ann-Margret, Dalida, and Mireille Darc; he is survived by goodness knows how many children. “Look, I had incredible luck," Delon said. "I’ve been happy all my life; I filmed with the best. I did what I wanted, with who I wanted, when I wanted. A life like I had doesn’t come around twice. Those who use the phrase ‘It was better in my day’ are old fools. But when I say it, it’s different, because it’s true: in my day, it was something else, it really was better. You see, I don’t have anything to lose any more, I’ve had it all.”
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