French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo dies - AFP

French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died, the French news agency AFP reported on Monday, quoting his lawyer.

A star of France's New Wave cinema, Belmondo switched to mainstream films in the 1960s and became one of France's leading comedy and action heroes.

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