French actor Anthony Delon revealed that his father, Alain Delon, who will turn 87 years old next November, wanted to end his life through the so-called "euthanasia", and that he requested organizing his departure in one of the designated places in Switzerland where he currently resides.

His health deteriorated

In an interview with the French radio station RTL, Anthony said that his father had been suffering from a deteriorating health condition since 2012 and had heart problems, and then had a stroke in 2019 that deteriorated significantly, and all this made him decide Ending his pain and suffering with the disease through the so-called "merciful death", which is a voluntary death requested by terminally ill patients to relieve the pain caused by the disease, and it has been legalized in some countries, including Switzerland.

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In the interview, Anthony said that his mother, French actress Natalie Delon, who died at the age of 79, after suffering from pancreatic cancer, also requested euthanasia, but she died on January 21 of 2021 naturally as a result of the disease.

death with his dog

This is not the first time that Alain Delon has announced his desire to die. In January 2018, in an interview carried by the French magazine “Paris Match”, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his artistic career, he said that death is not one of his fears, but he does not want to Leaving with pain, and he began to feel his desire to leave this world, which he described as corrupt and full of crimes daily.

He indicated that he did not want to die alone, but rather with his dog, who recommended injecting him with a special substance to catch up with him when he decided to leave the world.

He said in the interview that everything that had meaning in his life was gone by the death of his family and friends, and that despite his past full of emotional stories, he did not find a woman to fill his life, and his father got rid of him when he was 4 years old, to live in an orphanage, and after he became a famous star he tried To meet his father again, but he refused to admit him, and despite his annoyance, he felt lucky because he is a star loved by everyone.

Busy career

Alain Delon is a French actor, director and producer, born on the 8th of November 1935 in the Hauts de Seine in Ile-de-France, France, and descends from Italian-German descent to his parents. He began his artistic career in the short film "Le rapt" (Le rapt) in 1949.

The press dubbed him "The Wizard of Women", and he has been very popular since his first appearance on the screen of fictional cinema in the fifties of the last century. (Rocco and His Brothers), "Le retour de Casanova", "L'Eclisse", "The Leopard", and his latest work is "Toute Ressemblance".

His last appearance was at the funeral of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, in September 2021, but throughout the funeral he was far from those present, and at that time he appeared to feel very sad and saddened by the departure of a contemporary artist.

During his career, he received many honors and awards, including the Best Actor award from "César" in 1985, and in 1991 he was awarded the French Legion of Honor, and at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival he was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear, and the Palme d'Or in Cannes Film Festival.