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He did have sex with him; he called him a crypto-Nazi, not crypto-fascist; and he wasn't related to Al Gore. The corrections on the New York Times' Gore Vidal obituary are so perfectly Vidal.
Today in books and publishing: Dennis Rodman writes a children's book; doubts cast about Ryszard Kapuściński; Gore Vidal dies; another seven-figure Twilight fan fiction book deal.
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Iconic playwright and author Gore Vidal died on Tuesday at the age of 86, his personal website reported Tuesday evening (Note: the website was down early Wednesday morning).
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