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), Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993) and J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967). He was married to Micheline Pelletier. He died on March 27, 2016 in Paris, France.