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Gasping for breath, the body still battling for life.

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
Actor
Artist
Author
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Truman Streckfus Persons
Truman Garcia Capote
Gasping
Battling
Breath
Breaths
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Body
Life

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