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Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost.

Truman Capote

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
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New Orleans
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Brazil
Almost
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Aires
Buenos
Tiffany

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