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Aug 1st, 2012, 07:39 AM
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Writer Gore Vidal, who filled his novels and essays with acerbic observations on politics, sex and American culture while carrying on feuds with his big-name literary rivals, died on Tuesday. He was 86.
His official website posted a memoriam, and media reports cited his Los Angeles nephew Burr Steers as confirming the legendary American writer's death.
"Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications of pneumonia," Steers told the Los Angeles Times.
Vidal's literary legacy includes a series of historical novels - "Burr," "1876," "Lincoln" and "The Golden Age" among them - as well as the campy transsexual comedy "Myra Breckenridge".
He started writing as a 19-year-old soldier stationed in Alaska, basing "Williwaw" on his World War Two experiences. His third book, "The City and the Pillar," created a sensation in 1948 because it was one of the first open portrayals of a homosexual main character.
Vidal referred to himself as a "gentleman ***** " and was as egotistical and caustic as he was elegant and brilliant.
Writer Gore Vidal, who filled his novels and essays with acerbic observations on politics, sex and American culture while carrying on feuds with his big-name literary rivals, died on Tuesday. He was 86.
His official website posted a memoriam, and media reports cited his Los Angeles nephew Burr Steers as confirming the legendary American writer's death.
"Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications of pneumonia," Steers told the Los Angeles Times.
Vidal's literary legacy includes a series of historical novels - "Burr," "1876," "Lincoln" and "The Golden Age" among them - as well as the campy transsexual comedy "Myra Breckenridge".
He started writing as a 19-year-old soldier stationed in Alaska, basing "Williwaw" on his World War Two experiences. His third book, "The City and the Pillar," created a sensation in 1948 because it was one of the first open portrayals of a homosexual main character.
Vidal referred to himself as a "gentleman ***** " and was as egotistical and caustic as he was elegant and brilliant.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xTMqhc7Wdhg/TZnvSq5PeCI/AAAAAAAAAEk/c1nSRrXJxl4/s1600/gattaca-08-g.jpg
Writer Gore Vidal, who filled his novels and essays with acerbic observations on politics, sex and American culture while carrying on feuds with his big-name literary rivals, died on Tuesday. He was 86.
His official website posted a memoriam, and media reports cited his Los Angeles nephew Burr Steers as confirming the legendary American writer's death.
"Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications of pneumonia," Steers told the Los Angeles Times.
Vidal's literary legacy includes a series of historical novels - "Burr," "1876," "Lincoln" and "The Golden Age" among them - as well as the campy transsexual comedy "Myra Breckenridge".
He started writing as a 19-year-old soldier stationed in Alaska, basing "Williwaw" on his World War Two experiences. His third book, "The City and the Pillar," created a sensation in 1948 because it was one of the first open portrayals of a homosexual main character.
Vidal referred to himself as a "gentleman ***** " and was as egotistical and caustic as he was elegant and brilliant.
Writer Gore Vidal, who filled his novels and essays with acerbic observations on politics, sex and American culture while carrying on feuds with his big-name literary rivals, died on Tuesday. He was 86.
His official website posted a memoriam, and media reports cited his Los Angeles nephew Burr Steers as confirming the legendary American writer's death.
"Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications of pneumonia," Steers told the Los Angeles Times.
Vidal's literary legacy includes a series of historical novels - "Burr," "1876," "Lincoln" and "The Golden Age" among them - as well as the campy transsexual comedy "Myra Breckenridge".
He started writing as a 19-year-old soldier stationed in Alaska, basing "Williwaw" on his World War Two experiences. His third book, "The City and the Pillar," created a sensation in 1948 because it was one of the first open portrayals of a homosexual main character.
Vidal referred to himself as a "gentleman ***** " and was as egotistical and caustic as he was elegant and brilliant.