- Stevan Markovic
Stevan Markovic (born May 10, 1937
Belgrade ,Serbia — died October 1, 1968Paris ,France ) was abodyguard ofmoviestar Alain Delon . He was found murdered in 1968.Early days
In the 1950s Stevan Markovic and his friend
Milos Milos (Milos Milosevic) was involved instreetfighting in Belgrade. They met Alain Delon, a young movie star at the time, who was filming amovie in Belgrade in a co-production withSFR Yugoslavia . Delon engaged firstly Milos Milos and then Stevan Markovic as bodyguards.An actor himself, Milos Milos later moved to
Hollywood ,California , where, in 1966, he officially killed a wife ofMickey Rooney and committed suicide. But rumours and doubts persist that they were actually killed for having an affair.A violent death
In 1968 the dead body of Stevan Markovic himself was found in the outskirts of Paris. Alain Delon was under investigation, but he was never accused. One of the factors pointing in his direction was a letter by Stevan Markovic to his brother Aleksandar where he wrote: "If I get killed, it's 100% fault of Alain Delon and his godfather
Francois Marcantoni ."Political scandal
His death provoked a political scandal,
The Markovic affair , involving FrenchPresident Georges Pompidou .External links
Political scandal - The Markovic affair [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3224,36-766867,0.html]
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