Roald Dahl By facebooker_3502660809840823 1916 Roald born in Llandaff 1939 he joined a Royal Air Force training squadron 1943 Dahl wrote his first children's story, The Gremlins 1953 Dahl was married to Patricia Neal 1964 Roald Dahl is best known as the author of the children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1983 They divorced to Patricia Neal 1983 Dahl was married to Felicity Crosland Nov 23, 1990 He died in Oxford, from myelodysplastic syndrome