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Throwback: Truman Capote's birthday

Carlie Kollath Wells

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Photo shows Truman Capote dancing with Marilyn Monroe. — Truman Capote dances with Marilyn Monroe in 1955 at El Morocco. Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images

Truman Capote dances with Marilyn Monroe in 1955 at El Morocco. Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans on this day in 1924.

The controversial author is best known for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood."
He died in Los Angeles at the age of 59. Go deeper.

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