Nathalie Delon disappeared a year ago to the day. An unbearable absence for his relatives and especially Alain Delon, who has never forgotten his ex-wife. The 86-year-old actor paid him a vibrant tribute.
On January 21, 2021, Nathalie Delon died of pancreatic cancer at 79 years old. Sad news announced by his son, Anthony Delon, in a statement sent to AFP. “My mother died this morning at 11 a.m., in Paris, surrounded by her loved ones., he said, before Alain Delon expresses his pain to pay tribute to the only woman he married. “I am very sad, he said. I also feel sorry for my son and my three granddaughters. It’s very hard to lose a mother, like a grandmother. Nathalie was my first wife and the only Mrs. Delon. We got married in 1964. We stayed in constant contact. We saw each other often. I was part of her life, she was part of mine. We were still together at Christmas. We took photos together, the last ones… Nathalie had been sick for some time. The doctors had discovered that he had pancreatic cancer. It was irreversible. It always hurts me a lot when those I have loved leave. She was a very good actress. I made her debut at the cinema. She was made for this“.
Alain Delon salutes the memory of his former wife
Alain Delon, very marked by the death of the mother of his son Anthony, had not attended his funeral. However the 86-year-old comedian was at the side of his ex-wife until the end. It was at her bedside that he bade her farewell. “We didn’t say a single word. We sat across from each other. I looked at her. I saw her die“, he had revealed German magazine Bunte.
A year later, the grief of Alain Delon is still immense. Impossible for him to forget the one he married on August 13, 1964, before their divorce in 1969. On this day of the first anniversary of the death of Nathalie Delon, the actor then broke the silence in which he immersed himself for some time. In a note sent to the magazine Paris Match, he paid a glowing tribute to the one and only woman in his life. “One year already… a thought of love for Nathalie and for all who knew and cherished her“, he wrote. A message of modesty.