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...the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose red cheeks and the lily-white neck and shoulders who gave the explanation in a trembling voice: “It’s the ghost!

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Gaston Leroux
Age: 59 †
Born: 1868
Born: May 6
Died: 1927
Died: May 6
Journalist
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Screenwriter
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Paris
France
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux
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