Gaston Leroux wrote which 1911 novel, later a famous musical?
Gaston Leroux Gaston Leroux Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 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" ("Le Fantôme de l'Opéra", 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His novel "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" is also one of the most famous locked-room mysteries ever. Leroux was born in Paris in 1868 and died in 1927 in Nice.
Gaston Leroux (politician) 2000 federal election at the Compton—Stanstead riding. Gaston Leroux (politician) Gaston Leroux (born 1 October 1948) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. His career background includes consulting and comedy performance. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was elected in the Richmond—Wolfe electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party in the 1993 federal election, thus serving in the 35th Canadian Parliament. Due to 1996 riding boundary realignments, Leroux campaigned in the 1997 federal election at the Richmond—Arthabaska electoral district but was defeated by Progressive Conservative André Bachand. He made another unsuccessful bid