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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (/ vɪˈdɑːl / vih-DAHL; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit. [1] . His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
Sep 29, 2024 · Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925, West Point, New York, U.S.—died July 31, 2012, Los Angeles, California) was a prolific American novelist and essayist who was as well known for his outspoken political opinions and his witty and satirical observations as he was for his irreverent and intellectually adroit fiction.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Vidal died on July 31, 2012, from complications due to pneumonia, at his home in Hollywood Hills, California. He was 86 years old at the time. Documentaries
Aug 1, 2012 · By Charles McGrath. Aug. 1, 2012. Gore Vidal, the elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization,...
Aug 1, 2012 · Gore Vidal, the American author, playwright and commentator who became a celebrity for his writing as much as for his outspokenness on the issues of the day, died Tuesday at the age of 86 in...
Oct 19, 2015 · The official story, as set down in Vidal’s memoirs and essays, and in hundreds of reviews, profiles, and, finally, in his obituaries—he died in 2012—went like this: grandson of Thomas P....
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Jul 31, 2012 · With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, opposition to American involvement in the war vanished, and immediately after graduation, the 17-year-old Gore Vidal enlisted in the United States Army.
