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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.

Truman Capote

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
Actor
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Journalist
Novelist
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Truman Streckfus Persons
Truman Garcia Capote
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