How did Ari Boulogne die?
Ari Boulogne, illegitimate son of Alain Delon, was found dead on May 20 at his home. According to relatives of the deceased, his health had been deteriorating in recent months.
Drugs, alcohol, accident : what happened to Ari Boulogne, illegitimate son of actor Alain Delon ? Saturday, May 20, the police discovered the body of the photographer lying in the living room of his apartment located rue rue Cambronne, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Ari Boulogne would have died on the night of May 19 to 20. The police were called by Ari Boulogne’s companion, 58, who was very close to the body, accompanied by her 21-year-old son, when they arrived.
“When the officials arrive on the scene, the victim is lying in his living room. His body is in an advanced state of decomposition.we read in the columns of Parisian, who announced this sad loss. Ari Boulogne’s partner has explained that she was returning from a trip with her child when she made the horrific discovery.
According to the first elements of the investigation, Ari Boulogne suffered from health problems and was recently hospitalized at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital. Ari Boulogne’s body was taken to the Paris forensic institute for an autopsy.
The woman and son were taken into custody to allow investigators to“clarify the circumstances in which the death of the victim, who was hemiplegic, may have occurred”.
Death of Ari Boulogne: his companion indicted
Following this GAV, the companion of Ari Boulogne would have confessed to the investigators in charge of the case that her spouse would have succumbed to an overdose. She would not have given the alert to the emergency services, for fear of possible prosecution. Ari Boulogne had a sulphurous past and an adolescence rocked by taking drugs.
As the reports Le Figaro, the 50-year-old was indicted by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “failure to assist a person in danger, manslaughter, transport, possession, acquisition and disposal of narcotics”.
Death of Ari Boulogne: his state of health was very worrying
The confidences of Ari Boulogne’s friends, following the announcement of his disappearance, report an individual on the decline and in very poor health. “The last time I talked to him, a month ago, he was in a wheelchair, following a bad fall”told the Parisian a relative of the deceased.
“Over the past fifteen years, he had had two strokes absolutely destructive. We know that for more than thirty years he had been drugged and had undergone several detoxification treatments. Now he was hemiplegic.To underline the writer Bernard Pascuito, author of the biography “Alain Delon, a life on the lookout”.
Death of Ari Boulogne: the drug in question?
Ari Boulogne, whose real name is Christian Aaron Päffgen, was born in 1962 from the love of the singer, German actress and icon of the group Velvet Underground Nico and the actor Alain Delon. He was raised by Edith, Alain Delon’s mother, who decided to adopt him with her second husband, Paul Boulogne. Although the Cheetah has always denied being the father of Ari Boulogne, the latter has undertaken several requests for recognition of paternity. The latest is September 2019.
In his autobiography, love never forgets (Ed. Pauvert), Ari Boulogne wrote about his mother, Nico: “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”.
On Instagram, Anthony Delon, eldest son of Alain Delon, paid tribute to him. “Rest in peace, Ari. A tragic destiny. Sadness. A thought this evening for his two children ». Ari Boulogne was the father of Charles (24) and Blanche (17).
