Truman Capote

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Truman Capote

• 1924-1984

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• Capote was born and raised in New Orleans. He
  spent summers with his aunt in Alabama in the
  same town as Harper Lee and was the model for
  Lees Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird.

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• At 18 he moved to New York City and worked for
  The New Yorker magazine.
• He published his first book Other Voices, Other
  Rooms in 1948.

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• In 1966, Capote published his nonfiction novel
  In Cold Blood after researching a violent murder
  in Kansas. This book was the beginning of a new
  type of American literature.

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• As Capotes celebrity grew, he fashioned his
  image as an eccentric and his life was widely
  reported to the media.
• Capote died in Los Angeles, California on August
  25, 1984.
• According to the coroners report the cause of
  death was liver disease complicated by phlebitis
  and multiple drug intoxication.