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Truman Capote, Writer. Born: 30 September 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 25 August 1984. Best known as author of "In Cold Blood" (1966) and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1958). His name at birth was Truman Streckfus Persons. Capote was a successful writer whose flamboyant public persona sometimes overshadowed his literary reputation.

by Roger Higgins, 1959

by Carl Van Vechten, 1948

by Carl Van Vechten, 1948

by Roger Higgins, 1959

by Carl Van Vechten, 1948

by Carl Van Vechten, 1948