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Gaston Leroux

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera, published in 1910, which has been made into several film and stage productions. Born in 1868 and dying in 1927, he also wrote the detective novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room. His novel The Phantom of the Opera has been the basis of several productions, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical, and his 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries.

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1868 1
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1927 1
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    was a French journalist and author of detective fiction
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    Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (French: [ɡastɔ̃ lwi alfʁɛd ləʁu]; 6 May 1868
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    15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made
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