Death of Ari Boulogne: who is his famous mother Nico, who died in 1988?

On this Saturday, May 20, Ari Boulogne died at the age of 60. The one who has always claimed to be the son of actor Alain Delon was found dead at his home in Paris. But who was Nico, his famous mother?

Ari Boulogne is no more. This Saturday, May 20, The Parisian announces that Ari Boulogne, the illegitimate son of Alain Delon, is dead. His lifeless body was “found at his home on rue Cambronne in Paris (XVᵉ arrondissement) on the night of May 19 to 20”, specify our colleagues. His supposed companion was immediately taken into custody pending an investigation by investigators. Born August 11, 1962 in Paris, Ari Boulogne is the son of German singer Nico. Unfortunately, the one who was only a young woman when she became pregnant did not have the chance to take care of her son. With her success in New York, the actress therefore asked Edith Boulogne, Alain Delon’s mother, to take care of it.

Edith Boulogne flew to New York to bring back his grand-son. As soon as she laid eyes on him, she recognized Alain Delon’s face and brought him up with his companion, Paul Boulogne. The latter adopted him in 1977 and gave him his surname. In 1986, Alain Delon told his illegitimate son that he considered him his “pal”. “You don’t have my eyes or my hair, you’re not my son”, he had told her.

What did Ari Boulogne’s mother die of?

Unfortunately, the singer Nico, who was actually called Christa Päffgen, is died on July 18, 1988 in Ibiza at the age of 49. She was the victim of a fall while riding a bicycle on the island and died a few hours later in hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. According to several sources, Nico would have been the victim of a sunstroke, cause of his fall. She was buried next to her mother in the unnamed cemetery in Berlin-Grunewald.

Singer of the group’s first album Velvet Underground, Nico had three passions in life: music, his son and drugs. In the biopic Nico 1988, Ari Boulogne had wanted to restore the truth about the image of his mother. “For me, she was a very good mother. She gave me everything. Even the drug, I lived it thoroughly with her without it being a problem. From my 16 years until the end, we shared drugs, the same syringe. It was a way of being together”, declared the one who is now 60 years old. For all these years, Ari Boulogne has fought for Alain Delon to officially recognize him as his son. For now, the actor did not react to the death of the person concerned.