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He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.

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Gaston Leroux
Age: 59 †
Born: 1868
Born: May 6
Died: 1927
Died: May 6
Journalist
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Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Paris
France
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux
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Heart
Cellar
World
Cellars

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