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8	->''"All literature is gossip."''
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10	Truman Garcia Capote (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, journalist/nonfiction writer, and playwright, among other things. Named Truman Streckfus Persons at birth, he was renamed after his mother's marriage to stepfather Joseph Capote.
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12	While he was born in [[UsefulNotes/NewOrleans the Big Easy]], much of his childhood and youth were spent in Alabama. Here he met fellow future author (Nelle) Harper Lee, and his childhood self serves as the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed basis]] of the character Dill Harris in her novel ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''.
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14	A heavy drinker, Capote died of alcohol-related liver disease a month shy of his 60th birthday, while visiting his close friend Joanne Carson (second ex-wife of Creator/JohnnyCarson) in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.
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16	Capote was portrayed on stage by Creator/RobertMorse in the 1989 one-man play ''Tru'', and on screen by Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman in ''Film/{{Capote}}'' (2005) and Creator/TobyJones in ''Infamous'' (2006). Both films take the composition of ''In Cold Blood'' as their subject. He is also a main character in ''Series/FeudCapoteVsTheSwans'', which recounts his falling-out with his New York socialite friends, played by Creator/TomHollander.
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19	!!Works by Truman Capote with their own page on TV Tropes:
20	* ''Literature/{{Miriam}}''
21	* ''Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys''
22	* ''Literature/InColdBlood''
23	!!Tropes associated with Truman Capote and his work:
24	* AdamWesting: He has a pivotal, albeit brief, role in the MurderMystery spoof ''Film/MurderByDeath'' despite being a flamboyant personality but not really an actor at all. The character winds up being "Truman Capote" but given another name.
25	* VampiricDraining: The short story "Master Misery" implies that "dream collector" Mr. Revercomb is consuming the psyches of the people he pays.

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