Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
10 Facts About Gaston Leroux
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Gaston Leroux claimed an illustrious pedigree, including descent from William II of England, and social connections such as having been the official playmate of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris at the College d'Eu in Normany.
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Gaston Leroux was present at, and covered, the 1905 Russian Revolution.
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Gaston Leroux left journalism in 1907, after returning from covering a volcanic eruption and being immediately sent on another assignment without vacation time, and began writing fiction.
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Gaston Leroux first wrote a mystery novel titled Le mystere de la chambre jaune, starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille.
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Gaston Leroux published his most famous work, The Phantom of the Opera, as a serial in 1909 and 1910, and as a book in 1910.
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Gaston Leroux was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 1909.
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Gaston Leroux died at age 58 in Nice, France, in 1927.
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Gaston Leroux married twice, first to Marie Lefranc from whom he separated in 1902.
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The confusion has sometimes caused Leroux to be erroneously credited with the stories from the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum, the 1953 film House of Wax or, particularly, the 1997 Italian film Wax Mask.