Stevan Markovic
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 Marković and his friend Milos Milos (Miloš Milošević) 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 Marković as bodyguards. He was good friends with Serbian gangster Nikola Milinković. Stevan was in the first column of the convoy of Nikola's burial.
Paris Rise
Through the constant company of Delon and because of his looks and charisma, he met and, in a way, became part of French jet-set, unlike common bodyguards. There is a speculation that he was a male prostititute [1]
Murder
In 1968 the body of Stevan Marković was found in the outskirts of Paris. Alain Delon was under investigation, but was never accused. One of the factors pointing in his direction was a letter by Marković 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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