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Gaston is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). Voiced by American actor and singer Richard White, Gaston is an arrogant and ruthless hunter whose unrequited feelings for the intellectual Belle drive him to murder his adversary, the Beast, once he realizes she cares for him instead.
Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood.
Gaston died without a male heir; his titles reverted to the crown. It was given to his nephew, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV, whose descendants still bear the surname. When Philippe, grandson of Louis XIV, became King of Spain as Philip V, he gave up his French titles. As a Son of France, his actual surname was "de France".
As the younger brother of the king, Philippe was addressed as le Petit Monsieur, [9] since his uncle Gaston, who had also been the younger brother of a French king, was still alive. Gaston was then known as le Grand Monsieur. It was not until 1660 at the death of Gaston that Philippe would be known simply as Monsieur or as the Duke of Orléans ...
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ lwi alfʁɛd ləʁu]; 6 May 1868 – 15 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 (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1909), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the ...
Gaston Glock, the inventor of the ubiquitous gun bearing his name, died on Wednesday. He was 94. The Glock company announced his death on its website , without giving a cause or other details.
The grandson of an enslaved person, [1] A.G. Gaston was born on July 4, 1892, in Demopolis, Alabama to Tom and Rosa (McDonald) Gaston. [2] [3] Gaston's father died while he was still an infant. [4] He grew up in a log cabin with his mother and grandparents, Joe and Idella Gaston.
Pearce was arrested on drug abuse charges, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Pearce died of an apparent suicide, but he did not show signs of depression when officers checked on him throughout the day, according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Jail or Agency: Willoughby Jail; State: Ohio; Date arrested or booked: 4/13/2016; Date of death ...