French actress Nathalie Delon, who was known for her glamorous on-screen persona and high-profile personal life, has died at the age of 79.The actor Anthony Delon, son of Nathalie and her former husband Alain Delon, told AFP that she died on Thursday after a “very fast cancer”.Nathalie and Alain famously starred together in the Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1967 neo-noir Le Samourai.
The 21-year-old Nathalie had met the 29-year-old actor in a nightclub when he was in the media spotlight after a stormy five-year engagement to Romy Schneider.
Following an affair, the pair were married in secret and departed for the U.S., with the actor engaged in a short-lived contract with MGM.
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