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Wait, is like that business with the "Who's Tommy"?

Posted by Blaire | September 20, 2007 12:07 PM
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I was there, too. Intiman may as well have killed a whole flock of mockingbirds.

Posted by jake | September 20, 2007 12:11 PM
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There's been a persistent rumor for years - almost certainly started by Capote himself - that Capote was, in fact, the author. I've never bought it, and I always thought it was a crappy thing to do to one of his most steadfast friends.

Posted by Geni | September 20, 2007 12:31 PM
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How, indeed?

Posted by elm | September 20, 2007 12:52 PM
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I don't know. I'm pretty embarrassed about it. And I wanted to share my shame with you.

Posted by Brendan Kiley | September 20, 2007 12:55 PM
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Ummm, for the love of GAWD, Truman Capote wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird".

One of the greatest books of our time written by: one of the greatest authors of our time OR ummmm Harper Lee...

Come ON.

Posted by Johnny | September 20, 2007 1:38 PM
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Watch the movie on TCM sometime. The guy introducting the movie will tell you all about Dill/Capote.

Posted by Big_K | September 20, 2007 1:52 PM
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Movie Trivia: John Megna, the child actor who played Dill/Capote in the movie of "To Kill a Mockingbird" was gay. He died of AIDS in 1995 at age 42.

Posted by Slip Mahoney | September 20, 2007 5:08 PM

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