After a stroke, Alain Delon 'rests' in a Swiss clinic

2019-08-08T18:27:48.569Z

The 83-year-old actor Alain Delon had a stroke and had a "mild" brain haemorrhage several weeks ago and has been "resting peacefully" in a clinic in Switzerland ever since. His eldest son Anthony Delon announced it to the AFP. His vital functions are "perfect and his condition stabilized, according to the doctors," says Anthony Delon. "My father had a cardiovascular accident and a mild cerebral hemorrhage," the actor's eldest son announced. "He was operated on at the Pitié-Salpétriere (a well-known hospital in Paris, ed), where he spent three weeks in intensive care. The whole family took turns at his bedside, my brother, my sister and my mother Nathalie," he added. Anthony Delon. "His vital functions are perfect and his condition stabilized - the actor's son continued - according to the doctors, he returned to Switzerland and sits quietly in a clinic". "My sister, who now resides in Switzerland, is closely following her recovery and keeps us abreast of her daily progress," concludes the text released by the son of the sacred monster of French cinema. In recent weeks, several gossip magazines including 'Closer' and 'Voici' had claimed that the actor had suffered a stroke and a brain hemorrhage. In mid-June, the professional entourage of Alain Delon had told AFP that the actor had been admitted to the American hospital in Neuilly "for dizziness and apparently mild headaches". "Symptoms probably due to the cardiac arrhythmia suffered by the actor", said the same source. "It has only been the subject of precautionary examinations and should be released soon," he added. Great director, Alain Delon received a Palme d'Or at Cannes a few weeks ago from the hands of his daughter Anouchka. Very moved, he made a speech with testamentary accents, speaking of "a posthumous tribute, but of (his) living".