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. Scion of a French aristocratic family, 12-year-old Alain-Philippe had a minor role in the film '' Les Amitiés particulières'' (English title: ''This Special Friendship''), released in 1964, based on Roger Peyrefitte's autobiographical novel. The two met during the film's making and began what was to be a long association professionally and personally. This formed the background to Peyrefitte's novel ''Notre Amour'' (Éd. Flammarion, 1967) and to ''L'Enfant de cœur'' (an allusion to Malagnac's role as a choirboy in the film). At the age of 16, Malagnac became Peyrefitte's personal secretary and as a young man was adopted by Peyrefitte. As an adult, Malagnac's career (often financed by Peyrefitte) included proprietorship of Le club Colony , one of the first openly gay nightclubs in Paris and briefly managing French singer

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, a disastrous undertaking which almost caused bankruptcy for Peyrefitte, who was forced to sell artworks and erotic antiquities to pay the resulting debts. In 1978, Malagnac met

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and in April 1979, while on a trip to the

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, they married. Their marriage lasted 21 years until his death. On Saturday, December 16, 2000, Malagnac was killed by smoke in a fire at his recently bought farm house in Saint-Étienne-du-Grès. He died just six weeks after Peyrefitte.

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