Stevan Markovic
Stevan Markovic, also Stevan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Марковић; May 10, 1937 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, today Serbia – October 1, 1968 Paris, France) was a bodyguard of movie star Alain Delon. He was found murdered in 1968.
Early days
In the 1950s Stevan Markovic and his friend Milos Milos (Milos Milosevic) were involved in streetfighting in Belgrade. They met Alain Delon, a young movie star at the time, who was filming a movie in Belgrade in a co-production with SFR Yugoslavia. Delon employed firstly Milos Milos and then Stevan Markovic as bodyguards. He was good friends with Serbian gangster Nikola Milinkovich. Stevan was in the first column of the convoy of Nikola's burial.
Murder
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."
His death provoked a political scandal, The Markovic affair, involving French President Georges Pompidou.
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