My sympathies and condolences to his family and friends.
English: Portrait of Gore Vidal by Juan F. Bastos (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
guardian.co.uk
Aug. 1, 2012
Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, has died in Los Angeles.
Vidal died at his home in the Hollywood Hills at about 6.45pm on Tuesday of complications from pneumonia, his nephew Burr Steers said. Vidal had been living alone in the home and had been sick for “quite a while”, Steers said.
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Aug 1, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish
Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator, has died in Los Angeles. Vidal died at his home in the Hollywood Hills on Tuesday evening of complications from pneumonia. Along with such contemporaries as Norman Mailer and Truman Capote, Vidal was among the last generation of US literary writers who were also genuine celebrity fixtures. Al Jazeera’s Dominc Kane looks back at his life.
US author Gore Vidal dies at 86
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onlineinquireron Feb 3, 2012
Gore Vidal America’s foremost living dramatist, author and political commentator talks at length about his early life and experiences with reference to his prolific writing achievements.
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[Video no longer available.]
Aug 1, 2012 by MOXNEWSd0tC0M
August 01, 2012 BBC News / October 22, 2009 HLN
see
The Passing of Gore Vidal: The End of an Era by Rocket Kirchner
Gore Vidal on Noam Chomsky + Full Interview: In Depth with Gore Vidal (2000)
Gore Vidal on the Cold War + The Future + Democrats and Religion
Gore Vidal: History of the national security state
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I don’t think I’d heard that he died, thanks for posting about it. I’ve never read his books, but I love what he had to say about Bush in some documentary I watched–I believe it was John Lennon vs. the United States, or whatever it was called. Ever since, I’ve been obliquely interested in his work, just haven’t gotten around to him yet.
–Love and Liberation–
Jan @ TheRewildWest
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