Alain Decaux was born on July 23, 1925 in Lille, Nord, France as Alain Paul Henri Decaux. He was a writer and producer, known for Les misérables (1982), Angélique et le roy (1966) and Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir (1975). He was married to Micheline Pelletier. He died on March 27, 2016 in Paris, France.