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Belmondo, French film's handsome devil, dies at 88

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Jean-Paul Belmondo: French star of Breathless dies aged 88

French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, who rose to fame as the star of Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave film Breathless, has died aged 88.

Belmondo became one of France’s biggest box-office stars in the 60s and 70s with his breakthrough role as Michel Poiccard in Godard’s Breathless, assuring his status as a darling of the New Wave, becoming known for his performances as hard men with a seductive edge.

No cause of death has yet been announced with the actor being survived by three children.

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