President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1960
His 2nd wife Denise is the sister of famed Canadian journalist Marcel Ouimet.
Simenon was famous for his erotic prowess. In old age, he bragged that he had slept with 10,000 different women.
During the 1940s, Simenon was reportedly told by a doctor that he had a serious heart condition and that he was likely to die within months. It turned out to be a misdiagnosis, and Simenon lived until 1989.