The health of Alain Delon raised concern for several weeks: his son Anthony Delon announced Thursday that the 83-year-old star had a stroke and a "mild" brain hemorrhage and he was resting "quietly" in a Swiss clinic.
"My father had a cardiovascular accident and a slight cerebral hemorrhage," he said in a text sent to AFP. "He had surgery at Pitié Salpêtrière (Paris Hospital, Ed), where he stayed for three weeks in intensive care, and the whole family took turns at his bedside, my brother, my sister and my mother Nathalie."
Symptoms related to his cardiac arrhythmia
"His vital functions being perfect and his condition stabilized, according to the doctors, he went back to Switzerland and sits quietly in a clinic". "My sister, who now resides in Switzerland, is following her recovery closely and keeping us abreast of her daily progress," concludes the text.
In recent weeks, several celebrity magazines including Closer and Here had claimed that the actor had suffered a stroke and a cerebral hemorrhage. In mid-June, the professional entourage of Alain Delon had indicated that the actor had been admitted to the American Hospital of Neuilly "for vertigo and headaches apparently not serious". "Symptoms likely due to cardiac arrhythmia suffered by the actor," it was said the same source. "It has only been subject to precautionary examinations and should be released soon," it added.