Decades after inspiring a best-selling novel that brought readers into slums near Kolkata, 86-year-old ascetic Gaston Dayanand is still working for India's poorest.

Brother Gaston, inspiration for Dominique Lapierre's 'City of Joy', still working for India's poor

Renowned author Dominique Lapierre, whose novels sold tens of millions of copies, has died. The news was announced by his wife. "At 91, he died of old age," Lapierre's wife told the French newspaper Var-Matin on Sunday.

'City of Joy' author Dominique Lapierre dead at 91

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Brother Gaston, inspiration for Dominique Lapierre's 'City of Joy', still working for India's poor

'City of Joy' author Dominique Lapierre dead at 91