#RIP Ari Boulogne

[tina-aumont]

RIP ALAIN DELON

Alain Delon passed away the 18th August 2024, this year lots of great stars are leaving us...

Alain Delon was a great actor and worked with Tina in "Texas Across the River" in 1966 and in "Mr. Klein" ten years later, and by looking at these photos (second photo from Jean-Pierre Aumont's funeral back in 2001) it seems that they remained friends since they met back in the 60s.

It seems Alain Delon was a dog lover, he had many dogs during his life and he had them buried at his garden in a chapel. However, in 2010 he adopted Loubo, a Belgian Malinois from a shelter and stated that: “He’s my end of life dog … I love him like a child. I’ve had 50 dogs in my life, but I have a special relationship with this one. He misses me when I’m not there.” and he added: “If I die before him, I’ll ask the vet to take us away together. He’ll put him to sleep in my arms. I’d rather do that than know that he’ll let himself die on my grave with so much suffering.” His family, through Brigitte Bardot Foundation, say that they will keep the dog's alive and will take care of him.

Lots of people admire Alain Delon a lot, and I think he was a great actor, but he did a very wrong thing when he was young, he had a relationship with German model Nico and had a son, his first son, Christian Aaron "Ari" Päffgen (was called at birth), Nico went to justice to make Alain Delon recognise his own son, but he never did, however, as Nico lifestyle was not suitable for a young boy, Delon's mother and her second husband adopted the kid and took care of him, changing his legal surname in Boulogne. When this happened, Alain Delon never spoke to his mother and step-father again.

In the years 2001 and 2019 Ari attempted to sue Alain Delon for legal recognition of paternity but without success.

In the late 60s, Tina and Nico became friends and at some point in the 70s they shared a flat, I bet in 1966 when Tina worked with Alain Delon didn't know a thing about his young little boy.

Well, Alain Delon's son Ari, left us the 20th May 2023 aged 60, and I would like to believe that now they are together again and I would like to think that in the afterlife Alain Delon has recognised his son and they are at peace... that's my wish...

Very special thanks to @74paris for sharing these photos.

[inthemoodforportnawak]

The Velvet Underground, Nico & Ari Boulogne (1962-2023).

[julio-viernes]

Alain Delon RIP. Tuvo un hijo con Nico (The Velvet Underground) que jamás reconoció, el fotógrafo Ari Boulogne, fallecido en mayo del año pasado.

"Strip-Tease" es la primera grabación conocida de la actriz, modelo y cantante alemana. Música de Serge Gainsbourg y Alain Goraguer para la película homónima de Jacques Poitrenaud, 1963. Krista Nico protagonizó la película y sale en la portada del EP, pero no cantó en la banda sonora, lo hizo en su lugar Juliette Greco. Lo que suena arriba es una demo de 1962 que quedó inédita hasta la edición en 2015 de la caja de 3 CDs "Le Cinéma de Serge Gainsbourg".

Su debut oficial llegó en 1965 con el single "I´m Not Sayin´" para Immediate Records. Un año más tarde grababa sus tres eternas canciones como voz solista para "The Velvet Underground & Nico".