Editing Romain Gary (section)

==Personal life and final years==
[[File:2016-03-19 - Plaque Romain Gary 01.jpg|thumb|Plaque to Gary and his first wife [[Lesley Blanch]] in [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]] on the [[Côte d'Azur]]; they lived there in 1950–57.]]
Gary's first wife was the British writer, [[journalism|journalist]], and ''[[Vogue magazine|Vogue]]'' editor [[Lesley Blanch]], author of ''[[The Wilder Shores of Love]]''. They married in 1944 and divorced in 1961. From 1962 to 1970, Gary was married to American actress [[Jean Seberg]], with whom he had a son, [[Alexandre Diego Gary]]. According to Diego Gary, he was a distant presence as a father: "Even when he was around, my father wasn't there. Obsessed with his work, he used to greet me, but he was elsewhere."<ref>''[[Paris Match]]''  No.3136</ref>

After learning that Jean Seberg had had an affair with [[Clint Eastwood]], Gary challenged him to a [[duel]], but Eastwood declined.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8125871/Romain-Gary-au-revoir-et-merci.html |title=Romain Gary: au revoir et merci| first=David| last=Bellos|date=12 November 2010| work=The Telegraph|location=UK}}</ref>

Gary died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 2 December 1980 in Paris. He left a note which said that his death had no relation to Seberg's suicide the previous year. He also stated in his note that he was Émile Ajar.<ref name="death">D. Bona, Romain Gary, Paris, Mercure de France-Lacombe, 1987, p. 397–398.</ref>

Gary was cremated in [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]] and his ashes were scattered in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] near [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]].<ref>Beyern, B., ''Guide des tombes d'hommes célèbres'', Le Cherche Midi, 2008, {{ISBN|978-2-7491-1350-0}}</ref>