Personal Life
Dassin married Maryse (whose real first name is Yvette) Massiéra in Paris on January 18, 1966. Their son Joshua was born 2 1/2 months early on September 12, 1973 and died 5 days later. The devastated parents split, but did not divorce until 1977.
On January 14, 1978, Dassin married Christine Delvaux Pavlopoulou and they moved to Athens, Greece on March 15, 1978. Their first son Jonathan was born on September 14, 1978, and their second son Julien arrived on March 22, 1980. Christine died in December 1995.
Dassin died of a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti on August 20, 1980. He is survived by his two sons, both living in France, as well as his two younger sisters, Richelle (b.1940) and Julie (b.1945). His body is interred in the Beth Olam Mausoleum section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
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