Alain Delon left as he wanted. “We respected his wishes. He wanted to die with his children: they were there. He especially didn't want to go to Switzerland: he didn't go. He didn't want to die in a hospital: that didn't happen. was the case. He wanted to die at home and be buried in his chapel. Everything was respected.confirmed her friend Véronique de Villèle in Chez Jordan at the beginning of November.
The actor, who died at the age of 88, was buried on August 24 in his property in Douchya peaceful town in the Loiret. By decision of his three children, Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien, around forty hand-picked guests attended the ceremony in the strictest privacy. Guest in Chez Jordan at the beginning of November, Véronique de Villèle revealed details about the funeral to which the press was not invited.
How did Alain Delon's funeral take place?
“I must congratulate [les trois enfants d’Alain
Delon] without exception because it was remarkable. It was calm. There was music from his films in the trees. They had put up a sort of big marquee like at weddings, because we couldn't all fit. It was very dignified. There was a magnificent mass. A mass booklet like I've never seen, as pretty as it is sober with photos by Alain”remembered the ex-assistant of the actor and Mireille Darc.
Facing Jordan de Luxe, Véronique de Villèle described a moment of intimate but
“extraordinary”. “When we entered his chapel, it was quite moving because it was the funeral directors who brought the coffin into this big marquee. Then it was the children who took the coffin on their shoulders. They carried their father to the vault […] There wasn't a shouting match. They spoke calmly to each other.”she continued.
Who was invited to Alain Delon's funeral?
Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien had drawn up a list of hand-picked guests to attend their father's funeral. Véronique de Villèle remembered having seen in particular
Vincent Lindonwho read “an absolutely magnificent letter to Alain. He had great admiration for him. He greeted him and he responded to Alain who spoke to him informally. It was very pretty”.
Were also the sisters Sarah et Marie Poniatowski “because Alain loved them very much”just like the actress Nicole Calfan et
Paul Belmondo, “came by motorbike”. The political sphere was also represented. Alain Delon's children had invited Rachida Dati et Valérie Pécresse at the ceremony. “I was very touched that they were there”confided Véronique de Villèle in conclusion to her story.
