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|caption = Truman Capote, as photographed by Roger Higgins in 1959

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|death_date = [[August 25]], [[1984]]

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|death_place = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles, California]]

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|movement = [[Southern Gothic]]

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|influences = [[William Faulkner]], [[Edgar Allen Poe|Poe]], [[James Agee]], [[E.M. Forster]], [[Flaubert]], [[Turgenev]], [[Chekov]]

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|influenced = [[Joseph Wambaugh]], [[Harper Lee]], [[John Updike]]

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|magnum_opus = [[In Cold Blood (book)|In Cold Blood]], [[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]

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'''Marfan syndrome''' is an [[autosomal dominant]] genetic disorder of the [[connective tissue]] characterized by disproportionately long [[limb]]s, long thin fingers, a relatively tall stature, and a predisposition to cardiovascular abnormalities, specifically those affecting the [[heart valves]] and [[aorta]]. The [[disease]] may also affect numerous other structures and organs — including the [[lung]]s, [[eye]]s, dural sac surrounding the [[spinal cord]], and [[hard palate]]. It is named after [[Antoine Marfan]], the [[France|French]] [[pediatrician]] who first described it in 1899.

'''Truman Capote''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈtruː.mən kəˈpoʊ.ti]}}) ([[30 September]], [[1924]] died [[25 August]], [[1984]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]] whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. He is best known for the [[novella]] ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' ([[1958 in literature|1958]]) and ''[[In Cold Blood (book)|In Cold Blood]]'' ([[1965 in literature|1965]]), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.

==Early lifeEpidemiology==

Marfan syndrome affects males and females equally,<ref name="marorg">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marfan.org/nmf/GetSubContentRequestHandler.do?sub_menu_item_content_id=6&menu_item_id=3|title=The role of heredity and family history|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=National Marfan Foundation|year=1999}}</ref> and the mutation shows no geographical bias. Estimates indicate that approximately 60 000 (1 in 5000, or 0.02% of the population)<ref name="marorg"/> to 200 000<ref name="mednet">{{Cite web|url=http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=63689|title=New, Deadly Relative of Marfan's Syndrome Discovered|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=MedicineNet.com|year=2006}}</ref> Americans have Marfan syndrome. Each parent with the condition has a 50% chance of passing it on to a child due to its [[autosomal dominant]] nature. Most individuals with Marfan syndrome have another affected family member, but approximately 15-30% of all cases are due to ''[[de novo mutation|de novo]]'' [[genetic mutation]]s<ref name="robspath">{{cite book | title=Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease| last=Cotran| coauthors=Kumar, Collins| publisher=W.B Saunders Company| ___location=Philadelphia| id=0-7216-7335-X}}</ref> &mdash; such spontaneous mutations occur in about 1 in 20 000 births. Marfan syndrome is also an example of [[dominant negative mutation]] and [[haploinsufficiency]].<ref name="Judge_et_al_2004">{{cite journal | last = Judge | first = Daniel P. | coauthors = Nancy J. Biery, Douglas R. Keene, Jessica Geubtner, Loretha Myers, David L. Huso, Lynn Y. Sakai, Harry C. Dietz | title = Evidence for a critical contribution of haploinsufficiency in the complex pathogenesis of Marfan syndrome. | journal = The Journal of Clinical Investigation | volume = 114 | issue = 2 | pages = 172-181 | doi = 10.1172/JCI200420641 | id = PMID 15254584 | url = http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/114/2/172 | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref><ref name="Judge_et_al_2005">{{cite journal | last = Judge | first = Daniel P. | coauthors = Harry C. Dietz | title = Marfan's syndrome. | journal = Lancet | volume = 366 | issue = 9501 | pages = 1965-76 | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67789-6. | id = PMID 16325700 | url = http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16325700 | accessdate = 2007-02-15}}</ref> It is associated with [[incomplete penetrance]], therefore not all persons carrying the mutation develop the disease.

Truman Capote was born '''Truman Streckfus Persons''' in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], to Archulus Persons, a salesman, and his 16-year-old wife, the former Lillie Mae Faulk. When he was four, his parents divorced, and he was sent to [[Monroeville, Alabama]], where he was raised by his mother's relatives. His aunt, [[Marie Rudisill]], became known as "The Fruitcake Lady" on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' in 2000. As a lonely child, Capote taught himself to read and write before he entered the first grade in school. [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0930.html] He was often seen at age five carrying his dictionary and notepad, and he claimed to have written a book when he was nine years old. When he was ten, he submitted his short story, "Old Mr. Busybody," to a children's writing contest sponsored by the ''[[Press-Register|Mobile Press Register]]''. When he was 11, he began writing seriously in daily three-hour sessions continuously.

== Pathogenesis ==

In 1933, he moved to New York City to live with his mother and her second husband, Joseph Capote, a Cuban-born textile broker, who adopted his stepson and renamed him '''Truman García Capote.''' In 1935, he attended the [[Trinity School (New York)|Trinity School]]. In 1939, the Capotes moved to [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], and Truman attended [[Greenwich High School]], where he wrote for both the school's literary journal, ''The Green Witch'', and the school newspaper. Back in New York in 1942, he graduated from the [[Dwight School]], an Upper West Side private school where an award is now given annually in his name.

Marfan syndrome has been linked to a defect in the ''FBN1'' [[gene]] on [[chromosome]] 15,<ref>{{cite journal | author = McKusick V | title = The defect in Marfan syndrome. | journal = Nature | volume = 352 | issue = 6333 | pages = 279-81 | year = 1991 | id = PMID 1852198}}</ref> which [[Genetics|encodes]] a [[glycoprotein]] called [[fibrillin]]-1. Fibrillin is essential for the formation of the [[elastic fiber]]s found in connective tissue, as it provides the scaffolding for [[tropoelastin]].<ref name="robspath">{{cite book | title=Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease| last=Cotran| coauthors=Kumar, Collins| publisher=W.B Saunders Company| ___location=Philadelphia| id=0-7216-7335-X}}</ref> Elastic fibers are found throughout the body but are particularly abundant in the [[aorta]], [[ligament]]s and the [[Zonule of Zinn|ciliary zonule]]s of the eye, consequently these areas are among the worst affected. Without the structural support provided by fibrillin many connective tissues are weakened, which can have severe consequences for support and stability.

A related disease has been found in [[mouse|mice]], and the study of mouse fibrillin synthesis and secretion, and connective tissue formation, has begun to further our understanding of Marfan syndrome in humans. It has been found that simply reducing the level of normal fibrillin-1 causes a Marfan-related disease in mice.<ref name="micefib">{{cite journal | author=Lygia Pereira, ''et al.''| title=Pathogenetic sequence for aneurysm revealed in mice underexpressing fibrillin-1| journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences| year=1999| volume=96| issue=7| page=3819-3823| url=http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/96/7/3819}}</ref>

When he was 17, Capote ended his formal education and began a two-year job at ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Years later, he wrote, "Not a very grand job, for all it really involved was sorting cartoons and clipping newspapers. Still, I was fortunate to have it, especially since I was determined never to set a studious foot inside a college classroom. I felt that either one was or wasn't a writer, and no combination of professors could influence the outcome. I still think I was correct, at least in my own case."

[[Transforming growth factor]] beta (TGFβ) plays an important role in Marfan syndrome. Fibrillin-1 binds TGFβ and inactivates it. In Marfan syndrome, reduced levels of fibrillin-1 allow activated TGFβ to damage the lungs and heart. A defect in the gene ''TGFβR2'' on [[chromosome]] 3, a [[receptor protein]] of TGFβ, has also been related to Marfan syndrome.<ref name="tgf2beta">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=gene&dopt=full_report&list_uids=7048|title=TGFBR2 transforming growth factor, beta receptor II|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=NCBI|year=2007|author=Entrez Gene|format=Entrez gene entry}}</ref> Marfan syndrome can often be confused with [[Loeys-Dietz syndrome]], a similar connective tissue disorder resulting from mutations in the TGFβ receptor genes ''TGFβR1'' and ''TGFβR2''.<ref name="loeysdietz">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marfan.org/nmf/GetContentRequestHandler.do?menu_item_id=84|title=Related Disorders: Loeys-Dietz |accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=National Marfan Foundation}}</ref>

Between [[1943 in literature|1943]] and [[1946 in literature|1946]], Capote wrote a continual flow of short fiction, including "A Mink of One's Own," "Miriam," "My Side of the Matter," "Preacher's Legend," "Shut a Final Door" and "The Walls Are Cold." These stories were published in both literary quarterlies and well-known magazines, including ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''Prairie Schooner'' and ''Story''. Interviewed in 1957 for the ''[[The Paris Review]]'', Capote was asked about his [[short-story]] technique, answering:

:Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form for your story is simply to realize the most ''natural'' way of telling the story. The test of whether or not a writer has divined the natural shape of his story is just this: After reading it, can you imagine it differently, or does it silence your imagination and seem to you absolute and final? As an orange is final. As an orange is something nature has made just right.

==Symptoms==

In 1943 Capote wrote his first novel, ''Summer Crossing'' [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812975932&view=excerpt] about the summer romance of Fifth Avenue socialite Grady O'Neil with a parking lot attendant. Capote later claimed to have destroyed it, and it was regarded as a lost work. However, it was stolen in 1966 by a housesitter Capote hired to watch his [[Brooklyn]] apartment, resurfaced in 2004 and was published by [[Random House]] in [[2005 in literature|2005]].

There are no signs or symptoms that are unique to Marfan syndrome. It is usually a single apparent sign or symptom that leads doctors to look for others and eventually to diagnose the syndrome, which affects connective tissue in diverse organs and systems. Even affected individuals in the same family might exhibit various combinations and severities of symptoms.

===Skeletal system===

==''Other Voices, Other Rooms''==

The most readily visible signs may be associated with the skeletal system. Many individuals with Marfan syndrome grow to larger than normal height and have long, slender limbs, fingers, and toes. An individual's arms may be disproportionately long. In addition to affecting height and limb proportions, Marfan syndrome can produce other skeletal signs. Abnormal curvature of the [[Vertebral column|spine]] ([[scoliosis]]) is common, as is abnormal indentation ([[pectus excavatum]]) or protrusion ([[pectus carinatum]]) of the [[sternum]]. Other signs include abnormal joint flexibility, a high [[palate]], [[malocclusions]], flat feet, stooped shoulders, and unexplained [[stretch marks]] on the skin. Some people with Marfans have [[speech disorder|speech impediments]] resulting from symptomatic high palates and small jaws.

In June 1945, ''Mademoiselle'' published his short story "Miriam" which won an [[O. Henry Award]] (Best First-Published Story) in 1946. In the spring of 1946, Capote was accepted at [[Yaddo]], the 400-acre artists and writers colony at [[Saratoga Springs, New York]].

===Eyes===

"Miriam" attracted the attention of publisher [[Bennett Cerf]], resulting in a contract with Random House to write a novel. With an advance of $1,500, Capote returned to Monroeville and began ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'', continuing to work on the manuscript in [[New Orleans]], Saratoga Springs and [[North Carolina]], eventually completing it in [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]]. Capote described the symbolic tale as "a poetic explosion in highly suppressed emotion." The novel is a semi-autobiographical refraction of Capote's [[Alabama]] childhood. Decades later, writing in ''The Dogs Bark'' (1973), he looked back:

Marfan syndrome can also seriously affect the eyes and vision. [[myopia|Nearsightedness]] and [[astigmatism]] are common, but farsightedness can also result. Periodic eye exams can lead to an [[ophthalmologist]] or [[optometrist]] discovering dislocation, or [[subluxation]], of the crystalline [[lens (anatomy)|lens]] in one or both eyes ([[ectopia lentis]]) by carefully observing these structures using a [[Slit lamp|slit-lamp]] biomicroscope. This can be differentiated from the similar condition [[homocystinuria]], where the dislocation is inferonasal; in Marfan's the dislocation is superotemporal. Sometimes eye problems appear only after the weakening of connective tissue has caused [[retinal detachment|detachment of the retina]].<ref name="mayo-gen">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/marfan-syndrome/DS00540/DSECTION=2|title=Marfan Syndrome|accessdate=2007-01-12|publisher=Mayo Clinic}}</ref> Early onset [[glaucoma]] can be another complication.

:''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' was an attempt to exorcise demons, an unconscious, altogether intuitive attempt, for I was not aware, except for a few incidents and descriptions, of its being in any serious degree autobiographical. Rereading it now, I find such self-deception unpardonable.

===Cardiovascular system===

The story focuses on 13-year-old Joel Knox following the loss of his mother. Joel is sent from [[New Orleans]] to live with his father who abandoned him at the time of his birth. Arriving at Skully's Landing, a vast, decaying mansion in rural Alabama, Joel meets his sullen stepmother Amy, debauched [[transvestite]] Randolph and defiant Idabel, a girl who becomes his friend. He also sees a spectral "queer lady" with "fat dribbling curls" watching him from a top window. Despite Joel's queries, the whereabouts of his father remain a mystery. When he finally is allowed to see his father, Joel is stunned to find he is paralyzed and near speechless. He runs away with Idabel but catches pneumonia and eventually returns to the Landing where he is nursed back to health by Randolph. The implication in the final paragraph is that the "queer lady" beckoning from the window, is Randolph in his old [[Mardi Gras]] costume. Gerald Clarke, in ''Capote: A Biography'' (1988) described the conclusion:

The most serious conditions associated with Marfan syndrome involve the cardiovascular system. Undue fatigue, shortness of breath, [[heart palpitations]], [[tachycardia|racing heartbeats]], or [[angina|pain in the left chest, back, shoulder, or arm]], can bring an individual into the doctor's office. A [[heart murmur]] heard on a [[stethoscope]], an abnormal reading on an [[electrocardiogram]], or symptoms of [[angina]] can lead a doctor to order an [[echocardiogram]]. This can reveal signs of leakage or [[prolapse]] of the mitral or aortic [[heart valve|valves]] that control the flow of blood through the heart. However, the major sign that would lead a doctor to consider an underlying condition is a dilated aorta or an [[aortic aneurysm]]. Sometimes, no heart problems are apparent until the weakening of the connective tissue in the [[aorta|ascending aorta]] causes an [[aortic aneurysm]] or even [[aortic dissection]]. During pregnancy, even in the absence of preconceived cardiovascular abnormality, women with Marfan syndrome are at significant risk of acute [[aortic dissection]], which can be lethal if untreated. For this reason, women with Marfan syndrome should recieve a thorough assessment prior to conception, and [[echocardiography]] should be performed every 6-10 weeks during pregnancy, to assess the aortic root diameter. Most women however tolerate pregnancy well and safe vaginal delivery is possible.<ref name="emed">{{Cite web|url=http://www.emedicine.com/ped/fulltopic/topic1372.htm#section~Miscellaneous|title=Marfan Syndrome, special concerns|accessdate=2007-06-25}}</ref>

:Finally, when he goes to join the queer lady in the window, Joel accepts his destiny, which is to be homosexual, to always hear other voices and live in other rooms. Yet acceptance is not a surrender; it is a liberation. "I am me," he whoops. "I am Joel, we are the same people." So, in a sense, had Truman rejoiced when he made peace with his own identity.

[[Image:Other.jpg|right|thumb|350px|This much-discussed 1947 Harold Halma photo on the back of ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' (1948) was a key factor in Capote's rise to fame during the 1940s.]]

===Lungs===

When ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' was published in 1948, it stayed on the ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller list for nine weeks, selling more than 26,000 copies. The promotion and controversy surrounding this novel catapulted Capote to fame. A 1947 Harold Halma photograph, used to promote the book, showed a reclining Capote gazing into the camera. Gerald Clarke, in ''Capote: A Biography'' (1988), wrote, "The famous photograph: Harold Halma's picture on the dustjacket of ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' (1948) caused as much comment and controversy as the prose inside. Truman claimed that the camera had caught him off guard, but in fact he had posed himself and was responsible for both the picture and the publicity." Much of the early attention to Capote centered around different interpretations of this photograph, which was viewed as a suggestive pose by some. According to Clarke, the photo created an "uproar" and gave Capote "not only the literary, but also the public personality he had always wanted." The photo made a huge impression on the 20-year-old [[Andy Warhol]], who often talked about the picture and wrote fan letters to Capote. [http://www.warholstars.org/warhol1/2trumancapote.html] When Warhol moved to New York in 1949, he made numerous attempts to meet Capote, and Warhol's fascination with the author led to his first New York one-man show, ''Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote'' at the Hugo Gallery (June 16 - July 3, 1952.).

Marfan syndrome is a [[risk factor]] for spontaneous [[pneumothorax]]. In spontaneous unilateral pneumothorax, air escapes from a lung and occupies the [[pleural]] space between the chest wall and a [[lung]]. The lung becomes partially compressed or collapsed. This can cause pain, shortness of breath, [[cyanosis]], and, if not treated, death. Marfan syndrome has also been associated with [[sleep apnea]] and [[idiopathic]] obstructive lung disease.

[[Image:Truman Capote 1924 1.jpg|thumb|left|Capote photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1948]]

When the picture was reprinted along with reviews in magazines and newspapers, some readers were amused, but others were outraged and offended. The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that Capote looked "as if he were dreamily contemplating some outrage against conventional morality." The novelist [[Merle Miller]] issued a complaint about the picture at a publishing forum, and the photo of "Truman Remote" was satirized in the third issue of ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' (making Capote one of the first four celebrities to be spoofed in ''Mad''). The humorist [[Max Shulman]] struck an identical pose for the dustjacket photo on his collection, ''Max Shulman's Large Economy Size'' (1948). Random House featured the Halma photo in their "This is Truman Capote" ads, and large blowups were displayed in bookstore windows. Walking on Fifth Avenue, Halma overheard two middle-aged women looking at a Capote blowup in the window of a bookstore. When one woman said, "I'm telling you: he's just young," the other woman responded, "And I'm telling you, if he isn't young, he's dangerous!" Capote delighted in retelling this anecdote.

===Central nervous system===

Random House followed the success of ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' with ''A Tree of Night and Other Stories'' in 1949. In addition to "Miriam," this collection also includes "Shut a Final Door." First published in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' (August, 1947), "Shut a Final Door" won an O. Henry Award (First Prize) in 1948.

Another condition that can reduce the quality of life for an individual, though not life-threatening, is [[dural ectasia]], the weakening of the connective tissue of the dural sac, the membrane that encases the [[spinal cord]]. Dural ectasia can be present for a long time without producing any noticeable symptoms. Symptoms that can occur are lower [[back pain]], leg pain, [[abdominal pain]], other neurological symptoms in the lower extremities, or [[headaches]]. Such symptoms usually diminish when the individual lies flat on his or her back. These types of symptoms might lead a doctor to order an [[X-ray]] of the [[lumbar|lower spine]]. Dural ectasia is usually not visible on an X-ray in the early phases. A worsening of symptoms and the lack of finding any other cause should eventually lead a doctor to order a upright [[MRI]] of the lower spine. Dural ectasia that has progressed to the point of causing these symptoms would appear in a upright MRI image as a dilated pouch that is wearing away at the [[lumbar vertebrae]].<ref name="mayo-gen" /> Other spinal issues associated with Marfan include degenerative disk disease and spinal cysts.

==Management==

After ''A Tree of Night'' was published, Capote traveled about [[Europe]], he went into a state of depression, including a two-year sojourn in [[Sicily]]. This led to a collection of his European travel 'essays, ''Local Color'' (1950), indicative of his increasing interest in writing nonfiction. In the early 1950s, Capote took on Broadway and films, adapting his 1951 novella, ''The Grass Harp,'' into a 1952 play (later a 1971 musical and a 1995 film), followed by the musical ''[[House of Flowers (musical)|House of Flowers]]'' (1954). Capote co-wrote with [[John Huston]] the screenplay for Huston's film ''[[Beat the Devil (1953 film)|Beat the Devil]]'' (1953). Traveling through the [[Soviet Union]] with a touring production of ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'', he produced a series of articles for ''The New Yorker'' that became his first book-length work of nonfiction, ''The Muses Are Heard'' (1956).

There is no cure for Marfan syndrome, but life expectancy has increased significantly over the last few decades. The syndrome is treated by addressing each issue as it arises, and, in particular, considering prophylactic medication, even for young children, to slow progression of aortic dilation.

Regular checkups by a [[cardiologist]] are needed to monitor the health of the heart valves and the aorta. The goal of treatment is to slow the progression of aortic dilation and damage to heart valves by eliminating [[Cardiac arrhythmia|arrythmias]], minimizing the [[heart rate]], and minimizing [[blood pressure]]. [[Beta blocker]]s have been used to control [[Cardiac arrhythmia|arrythmias]] and slow the [[heart rate]]. Other medications might be needed to further minimize [[blood pressure]] without slowing the [[heart rate]], such as [[ACE inhibitors]] and [[angiotensin II receptor antagonist]]s, also known as angiontensin receptor blockers (ARBs). If the dilation of the aorta progresses to a significant diameter [[aneurysm]], causes a dissection or a rupture, or leads to failure of the aortic or other valve, then surgery (possibly a composite aortic valve graft [CAVG] or valve-sparing procedure) becomes necessary. Although aortic graft surgery (or any vascular surgery) is a serious undertaking it is generally successful if undertaken on an elective basis. Surgery in the setting of acute aortic dissection or rupture is considerably more problematic. Elective aortic valve/graft surgery is usually considered when aortic root diameter reaches 50 millimetres, but each case needs to be specifically evaluated by a qualified cardiologist. New valve-sparing surgical techniques are becoming more common.<ref name="mayo-heart">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/marfan-syndrome/heartsurgery.html|title=Heart Surgery for Marfan Syndrome|accessdate=2007-01-12|publisher=Mayo Clinic}}</ref> As Marfan patients live longer, other vascular repairs are becoming more common, e.g. repairs of descending thoractic aortic aneurysms and aneurysms of vessels other than the aorta.

== Friendship with Harper Lee ==

Capote was a lifelong friend of his [[Monroeville, Alabama|Monroeville]] neighbor [[Harper Lee]], and he based the character of Idabel in ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' on her. He in turn was the inspiration for the character Dill Harris in Lee's 1960 bestseller ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]].'' In an interview with Lawrence Grobel, Capote recalled his childhood, "Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Harper Lee's mother and father, lived very near. Harper Lee was my best friend. Did you ever read her book, ''To Kill a Mockingbird''? I'm a character in that book, which takes place in the same small town in Alabama where we both lived."

The skeletal and ocular manifestations of Marfan syndrome can also be serious, although not life-threatening. These symptoms are usually treated in the typical manner for the appropriate condition. This can also affect height, arm length, and life span. The [[Nuss procedure]] is now being offered to people with Marfan syndrome to correct 'sunken chest' or ([[pectus excavatum]]).<ref name="chkd">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chkd.org/services/nussprocedure/Overview.aspx|title=Overview of the Nuss Procedure for Pectus Excavatum|accessdate=2007-01-12|publisher=Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters}}</ref> Because Marfan may cause spinal abnormalities that are asymptomatic, any spinal surgery contemplated on a Marfan patient should only follow detailed imaging and careful surgical planning, regardless of the indication for surgery.

It was rumored that Capote had written portions of her novel; some said he [[ghostwriter|ghosted]] the entire novel. At least one person—Pearl Kazin Bell, an editor at ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's]]''—believed the rumor was true, though a [[July 9]] [[1959]] letter from Capote to his aunt indicates that Harper Lee did indeed write the entire book herself,[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5244492] and most literary experts accept Lee's authorship.

Clinical trials have been conducted of the drug [[acetazolamide]] in the treatment of symptoms of [[dural ectasia]]. The treatment has demonstrated significant functional improvements in some sufferers.<ref name="spine">{{Cite web|url=http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article922.html|title=Dural Ectasia in the Marfan Spine: Symptoms and Treatment|accessdate=2007-01-12|publisher=Scoliosis Research Society}}</ref> Other medical treatments, as well as physical therapy, are also available.

== ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' ==

[[Image:Breakfastat.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]

''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories]]'' brought together the title novella and three shorter tales: "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar" and "A Christmas Memory." The heroine of "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Holly Golightly, became one of Capote's best-known creations, and the book's prose style prompted Norman Mailer to call Capote "the most perfect writer of my generation." A first edition of this book might sell for between $500 to more than $3000, depending upon condition.

Treatment of a spontaneous [[pneumothorax]] is dependant on the volume of air in the pleural space and the natural progression of the individual's condition. A small pneumothorax might resolve without active treatment in 1 to 2 weeks. Recurrent pneumothoraxes might require chest surgery. Moderately sized pneumothoraxes might need [[Chest tube|chest drain]] management for several days in hospital. Large pneumothoraxes are likely to be medical emergencies requiring emergency decompression.

For Capote, ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' was a turning point, as he explained to Roy Newquist (''Counterpoint'', 1964):

:I think I've had two careers. One was the career of precocity, the young person who published a series of books that were really quite remarkable. I can even read them now and evaluate them favorably, as though they were the work of a stranger... My second career began, I guess it really began with ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''. It involves a different point of view, a different prose style to some degree. Actually, the prose style is an evolvement from one to the other—a pruning and thinning-out to a more subdued, clearer prose. I don't find it as evocative, in many respects, as the other, or even as original, but it is more difficult to do. But I'm nowhere near reaching what I want to do, where I want to go. Presumably this new book is as close as I'm going to get, at least stylistically.

Research in laboratory [[mouse|mice]] has suggested that the [[angiotensin II receptor antagonist]] [[losartan]], which appears to block TGF-beta activity, can slow or halt the formation of aortic aneurysms in Marfan syndrome.<ref name="scimag">{{Cite journal | last = Habashi | first = Jennifer P. | coauthors = Daniel P. Judge, Tammy M. Holm, Ronald D. Cohn, Bart L. Loeys, Timothy K. Cooper, Loretha Myers, Erin C. Klein, Guosheng Liu, Carla Calvi, Megan Podowski, Enid R. Neptune, Marc K. Halushka, Djahida Bedja, Kathleen Gabrielson, Daniel B. Rifkin, Luca Carta, Francesco Ramirez, David L. Huso, and Harry C. Dietz | date = [[April 7]], [[2006]] | title = Losartan, an AT1 Antagonist, Prevents Aortic Aneurysm in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome | volume = 312 | issue = 5770 | pages = 117 - 121 | doi = 10.1126/science.1124287 | url = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/312/5770/117 | abstract = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;312/5770/117 | news = http://www.news-medical.net/?id=17249}}</ref> A large [[clinical trial]] sponsored by the [[National Institutes of Health]] comparing the effects of losartan and [[atenolol]] on the aortas of Marfan patients is scheduled to begin in early 2007, coordinated by Johns Hopkins.<ref name="trial">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marfan.org/nmf/GetSubContentRequestHandler.do?sub_menu_item_content_id=147&menu_item_id=91|title=Atenolol vs. Losartan in Individuals with Marfan Syndrome Clinial Trial|accessdate=2007-01-12|publisher=National Marfan Foundation}}</ref>

==''In Cold Blood''==

The "new book," ''[[In Cold Blood (book)|In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences]]'', was inspired by a 300-word article that ran on page 19 of ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' on Monday, [[November 16]], [[1959]]. The story described the unexplained murder of the [[Herbert Clutter|Clutter family]] in rural [[Holcomb, Kansas]].

Genetic counseling and specialized clinics are available at many academic medical centers for affected persons and family members.

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:'''Wealthy Farmer, 3 of Family Slain'''

==Well known people==

:A wealthy wheat farmer, his wife and their two young children were found shot to death today in their home. They had been killed by shotgun blasts at close range after being bound and gagged. The father, 48-year-old Herbert W. Clutter, was found in the basement with his son, Kenyon, 15. His wife Bonnie, 45, and a daughter, Nancy, 16, were in their beds. There were no signs of a struggle and nothing had been stolen. The telephone lines had been cut. "This is apparently the case of a psychopathic killer," [[Sheriff]] Earl Robinson said. Mr. Clutter was founder of The Kansas Wheat Growers Association. In 1954, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] appointed him to the [[Farm Credit Administration]], but he never lived in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]... The Clutter farm and ranch cover almost 1,000 acres<ref>1000 acres is about 400 hectares or 4 km²</ref> in one of the richest wheat areas. Mr. Clutter, his wife and daughter were clad in pajamas. The boy was wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt. The bodies were discovered by two of Nancy's classmates, Susan Kidwell and Nancy Ewalt... Two daughters were away. They are Beverly, a student at Kansas University, and Mrs. Donald G. Jarchow of Mount Carroll, Ill.

Below is a list of prominent figures known or believed to have had Marfan syndrome:

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* [[Euell Gibbons]], outdoorsman & health food proponent.

* [[Flo Hyman]], silver medal in Women's Volleyball (1984 Olympics)<ref name="flo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.volleyhall.org/hyman.html|title=Flo Hyman|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=Volleyball Hall of Fame}}</ref>

* [[Jonathan Larson]], Tony Award-winning playwright ([[Rent (musical)|Rent]]); he died in 1996 of [[aortic dissection]] on the eve of his musical's premiere<ref name="larson">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnbc.com/drmaxgomez/5421112/detail.html|title=Marfan's Syndrome Is Deadly, Elusive|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=WNBC.com}}</ref>

* [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], blues singer and guitarist<ref name="robertj">{{Cite journal | last = Connel | first = David | date = [[September 2]], [[2006]] | title=Retrospective blues: Robert Johnson—an open letter to Eric Clapton | journal = British Medical Journal | volume = 333 | issue = 7566 | pages = 489 | url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1557967|accessdate=2007-01-11}}</ref>

*[[Mike Dunleavy]], professional basketball player for the [[Portland Trailblazers]]

* [[Vincent Schiavelli]], actor<ref name="schiavelli">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marfan.org/nmf/PreviewPressReleaseInfoRequestHandler.do?press_release_id=24|title=NMF Mourns the Loss of its Honorary Co-Chair, Vincent Schiavelli|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=National Marfan Foundation}}</ref>

* [[Sir John Tavener]],<ref name="bbc">Richard Morrison, ''99 Names for God: John Tavener turns his back on Orthodoxy'', BBC Music, November 2004, page 30</ref> contemporary British composer

* Bradford Cox, frontman of the punk rock band [[Deerhunter]]<ref name="deerhunter">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/43085-interview-deerhunter|title=Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Deerhunter}}</ref>

* [[Joey Ramone]], of the punk rock band [[The Ramones]].

===Spurious or conjectural claims===

Fascinated by this brief news item, Capote traveled with Harper Lee to Holcomb and visited the scene of the massacre. Over the course of the next few years, he became acquainted with everyone involved in the investigation and most of the residents of the small town. Rather than taking notes during interviews, Capote committed conversations to memory and immediately wrote quotes as soon as an interview ended. He claimed his memory retention for verbatim conversations had been tested at 94%. Lee lent Capote considerable assistance during his research for ''In Cold Blood''. During the first few months of his investigation, she was able to make inroads into the community by befriending the wives of those Capote wanted to interview. Capote recalled his years in Kansas when he spoke at the 1974 San Francisco Film Festival:

There are a number of historical persons believed to have suffered from Marfan's syndrome, but as proper Marfan diagnosis was not available before well into the 20th century most such claims can only be considered as speculation based on sparse medical records and pictures.

:I spent four years on and off in that part of Western Kansas there during the research for that book and then the film. What was it like? It was very lonely. And difficult. Although I made a lot of friends there. I had to, otherwise I never could have researched the book properly. The reason was I wanted to make an experiment in journalistic writing, and I was looking for a subject that would have sufficient proportions. I’d already done a great deal of narrative journalistic writing in this experimental vein in the 1950s for ''The New Yorker''... But I was looking for something very special that would give me a lot of scope. I had come up with two or three different subjects and each of them for whatever reasons was a dry run after I’d done a lot of work on them. And one day I was gleaning ''The New York Times'', and way on the back page I saw this very small item. And it just said, "Kansas Farmer Slain. Family of Four Is Slain in Kansas." A little item just about like that. And the community was completely nonplussed, and it was this total mystery of how it could have been, and what happened. And I don't know what it was. I think it was that I knew nothing about Kansas or that part of the country or anything. And I thought, "Well, that will be a fresh perspective for me"... And I said, "Well, I’m just going to go out there and just look around and see what this is." And so maybe this is the subject I’ve been looking for. Maybe a crime of this kind is... in a small town. It has no publicity around it and yet had some strange ordinariness about it. So I went out there, and I arrived just two days after the Clutters’ funeral. The whole thing was a complete mystery and was for two and a half months. Nothing happened. I stayed there and kept researching it and researching it and got very friendly with the various authorities and the detectives on the case. But I never knew whether it was going to be interesting or not. You know, I mean anything could have happened. They could have never caught the killers. Or if they had caught the killers... it may have turned out to be something completely uninteresting to me. Or maybe they would never have spoken to me or wanted to cooperate with me. But as it so happened, they did catch them. In January, the case was solved, and then I made very close contact with these two boys and saw them very often over the next four years until they were executed. But I never knew... when I was even halfway through the book, when I had been working on it for a year and a half, I didn't honestly know whether I would go on with it or not, whether it would finally evolve itself into something that would be worth all that effort. Because it was a tremendous effort.<ref>[http://history.sffs.org/great_moments/great_moments.php?id=15 San Francisco Film Festival: Great Moments (1974)]</ref>

* [[Akhenaten]], Egyptian Pharaoh, who was the father of King [[Tutankhamun]] (spurious claim based on early Amarna art style. Tutankhamun, who didn't have syndrome, was also portrayed this way)<ref name="pharaoh">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marfan.ca/pharaoh.html|title=Did Akhenaten Suffer from Marfan's Syndrome?|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=Canadian Marfan Association}}</ref>

''In Cold Blood'' was serialized in ''The New Yorker'' in 1965 and published in hardcover by Random House in 1966. The "non-fiction novel," as Capote labeled it, brought him literary acclaim and became an international bestseller. A feud between Capote and British arts critic [[Kenneth Tynan]] erupted in the pages of ''The Observer'' after Tynan's review of ''In Cold Blood'' implied that Capote wanted an execution so the book would have an effective ending. Tynan wrote:

:We are talking, in the long run, about responsibility; the debt that a writer arguably owes to those who provide him—down to the last autobiographical parentheses—with his subject matter and his livelihood... For the first time an influential writer of the front rank has been placed in a position of privileged intimacy with criminals about to die, and—in my view—done less than he might have to save them. The focus narrows sharply down on priorities: does the work come first, or does life? An attempt to help (by supplying new psychiatric testimony) might easily have failed: what one misses is any sign that it was ever contemplated.

* [[Osama bin Laden]] may suffer from Marfan Syndrome (speculation based on tall size, use of cane and rumoured heart-disease; almost certainly in error)<ref>http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/09/marfan/index.html</ref>

''In Cold Blood'' brought Capote much praise from the literary community, but there were some who questioned certain events as reported in the book. Writing in ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' in 1966, Phillip K. Tompkins noted factual discrepancies after he traveled to Kansas and talked to some of the same people interviewed by Capote. In a telephone interview with Tompkins, Mrs. Meier denied that she heard [[Perry Smith (murderer)|Perry]] cry and that she held his hand as described by Capote. ''In Cold Blood'' indicates that Meier and Perry became close, yet she told Tompkins she spent little time with Perry and did not talk much with him. Tompkins concluded:

:Capote has, in short, achieved a work of art. He has told exceedingly well a tale of high terror in his own way. But, despite the brilliance of his self-publicizing efforts, he has made both a tactical and a moral error that will hurt him in the short run. By insisting that “every word” of his book is true he has made himself vulnerable to those readers who are prepared to examine seriously such a sweeping claim.

* [[Charles de Gaulle]] (conjectural)<ref>http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/09/marfan/index.html</ref>

== Celebrity ==

Capote was only 1 metre 62 tall (5' 4") and openly [[homosexual|gay]] in a time when it was common among artists, but rarely talked about. One of his first serious lovers was [[Smith College]] literature professor [[Newton Arvin]], who won the [[National Book Award]] for his [[Herman Melville]] biography.<ref name=Clarke>{{cite book

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* [[Nicollo Paganini]] (Conjectural) <ref>[http://tafkac.org/celebrities/paganini_stories_myths.html], main reference being an article in the AMA journal by Dr. Myron R. Shoenfeld dated 2 January, 1978.</ref>

Capote was well known for his distinctive, high-pitched voice and odd vocal mannerisms, his offbeat manner of dress and his fabrications. He claimed to know intimately people he had in fact never met, such as [[Greta Garbo]]. He professed to have had numerous liaisons with men thought to be [[heterosexuality|heterosexual]], including, he claimed, [[Errol Flynn]]. He traveled in eclectic circles, hobnobbing with authors, critics, business tycoons, [[philanthropy|philanthropists]], Hollywood and theatrical celebrities, royalty, and members of [[high society]], both in the U.S. and abroad. Part of his public persona was a long-standing rivalry with writer [[Gore Vidal]] ("Truman Capote has tried, with some success, to get into a world that I have tried, with some success, to get out of.").<ref name="vidal">{{cite book|author=Gore Vidal|title=Palimpsest|publisher=Random House, New York (1995) ISNB 0-679-44038-0}}</ref> Apart from his favorite authors ([[Willa Cather]], [[Karen Blixen|Isak Dinesen]]), Capote had faint praise for other writers. However, one who did get his favorable endorsement was journalist [[Lacey Fosburgh]], author of ''Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder'' (1977).

* It was once believed that [[Abraham Lincoln]] suffered from Marfan Sydrome, although recent research has argued that he probably didn't.

== Black and White Ball ==

On [[November 28]], [[1966]], in honor of ''[[Washington Post]]'' publisher [[Katharine Graham]], Capote hosted a legendary masked ball, called the Black & White Ball, in the Grand [[Ballroom]] of [[New York City]]'s [[Plaza Hotel]]. It was considered the social event of not only that season but of many to follow. The ''New York Times'' and other publications gave it considerable coverage, and Deborah Davis wrote an entire book about the event, ''Party of the Century'' ([[2006 in literature|2006]]), excerpted by ''The Independent''.<ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article360057.ece Davis, Deborah. "The Inside Story of Truman Capote's masked ball," ''The Independent'']</ref> Different accounts of the evening were collected by George Plimpton in his book ''Truman Capote''.<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/1297/plimpton/excerpt.html Plimpton, George. ''Truman Capote, In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career''. Doubleday, 1997.]</ref>

* [[Johnny Appleseed]], a pioneer nurseryman in America living during the 18th century; he has become an almost mythical popular culture icon in America.

Capote dangled the prized invitations for months, snubbing early supporters like [[Carson McCullers]] as he determined who was "in" and who was "out." In choosing his guest of honor, Capote eschewed glamorous "swans" like [[Babe Paley]] and [[Fiat]] heiress [[Marella Agnelli]] in favor of [[Katharine Graham]]. Actress [[Candice Bergen]] was bored at the ball. Capote's elevator man danced the night away with a woman who didn't know his pedigree. [[Norman Mailer]] sounded off about [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], and [[Frank Sinatra]] danced with his young wife, [[Mia Farrow]].

==Related disorders==

==The years following ''In Cold Blood''==

The following disorders have similar signs and symptoms of Marfan syndrome:

After the success of ''In Cold Blood'', Capote's publisher re-released his earlier works, including a 20th anniversary edition of ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' and a holiday gift book edition of his 1956 story "A Christmas Memory." A new long story, "The Thanksgiving Visitor," also became a holiday gift book. Now more sought-after than ever, Capote wrote occasional brief articles for magazines, and also entrenched himself more deeply in the world of the [[jet set]].

*[[Arachnodactyly|Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly (CCA) or Beals Syndrome]]

In the late 1960s, he became friendly with [[Lee Radziwill]], the sister of [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]. Radziwill was an aspiring actress and had appeared to deplorable reviews in an engagement of ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]'' in Chicago. Feeling that the part simply wasn't tailored to her abilities, Capote was commissioned to write the teleplay for a 1967 TV adaptation of the classic [[Otto Preminger]] film ''[[Laura]]'' starring Radziwill. The adaptation, and Radziwill's performance in particular, received indifferent reviews and poor ratings; arguably, it was Capote's first major professional setback. Radziwill supplanted the older Babe Paley as his primary female companion in public throughout the better part of the 1970s.

*[[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]]

*[[Homocystinuria]]

*[[Loeys-Dietz syndrome]]

*[[MASS phenotype]]

*[[Stickler syndrome]]

The following conditions that can result from having Marfan syndrome may also occur in people without any known underlying disorder:

Despite the assertion earlier in life that one "lost an IQ point for every year spent on the West Coast," he purchased a home in [[Palm Springs]] and began to indulge in a more aimless lifestyle and heavy drinking. This resulted in bitter quarreling with the more retiring [[Jack Dunphy]] (with whom he had shared a [[Open relationship|non-exclusive relationship]] since the 1950s). Their partnership changed form and continued as a nonsexual one, and they were separated during much of the 1970s. Dunphy was irritated by the unwavering substance abuse and even went so far as to allege that Capote had slept with Radziwill. However, others have alleged that Dunphy, a writer and playwright of far less renown, was unappreciative of Capote's gifts (including a Swiss condominium that Capote had little use for) and financial support.

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In the absence of Dunphy, Capote began to frequent the [[Gay bathhouse|bathhouse]] circuit in New York, often seducing working-class, sexually unsure men half his age. This frequently resulted in socially embarrassing situations; while visiting [[Marella Agnelli]] in Italy, Capote's latest lover—an air conditioner repairman—asked for a baked potato while dining in an exclusive restaurant.

*[[Aortic aneurysm|Aortic aneurysm or dilitation]]

*[[Arachnodactyly]]

The dearth of new writing and other failures, including a rejected screenplay for Paramount's 1974 adaptation of ''The Great Gatsby'', was counteracted by Capote's frequenting of the talk show circuit. There, his candid—and sometimes inebriated—appearances became the stuff of cliché.

*[[Bicuspid aortic valve]]

*[[Cysts]]

In 1972, with Lee Radziwill in tow, Capote accompanied [[the Rolling Stones]] on their [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972|1972 American Tour]] as a correspondent for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine. While managing to take extensive notes for the project and visit old friends from the ''In Cold Blood'' days in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]],<!-- needs disambiguation --> he feuded with [[Mick Jagger]] and ultimately refused to write the article. The magazine eventually recouped its interests by publishing, in April 1973, an interview of the author conducted by [[Andy Warhol]]. A collection of previously published essays and reportage, ''The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places'', appeared later that year.

*[[Craniosynostosis]]

*[[Cystic medial necrosis]]

In July 1973 Capote met John O'Shea, the middle-aged vice president of a Long Island bank, while visiting a bathhouse. The married father of two did not identify as homosexual or bisexual, perceiving his visits as being a "kind of masturbation". However, the married father of two found Capote's fortune alluring and harbored aspirations to become a professional writer. After consummating their relationship in Palm Springs, the two engaged in an ongoing war of jealousy and manipulation for the remainder of the decade. Longtime friends were appalled when O'Shea, who was officially employed as Capote's manager, attempted to take total control of the author's literary and business interests

*[[Dural ectasia]]

*[[Ectopia lentis]]

== ''Answered Prayers'' ==

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Through his jet-set social life Capote had been discreetly conducting research (unbeknownst to his friends and benefactors) for his tell-all ''Answered Prayers'' (eventually to be published as ''[[Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel]]''). The book, which had been in the planning stages since 1958, was intended to be the American equivalent of [[Marcel Proust]]'s ''[[Remembrance of Things Past]]'' and a culmination of the "nonfiction novel" format. Initially scheduled for publication in 1968, the novel was eventually delayed at Capote's insistence to 1972. Because of the delay, he was forced to return money received for the film rights to [[20th Century Fox]]. Capote spoke about the novel in interviews, but continued to delay the delivery date.

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*[[Flat feet]]

By 1975, public demand for ''Answered Prayers'' had reached a critical mass, with many speculating that Capote had not even written a single word of the book. He permitted ''Esquire'' to publish four chapters of the unfinished novel in 1975 and 1976. The first to appear, "Mojave", ran as a self-contained short story and was favorably received, but the second, "''La Côte Basque'' 1965", based in part on the dysfunctional personal lives of [[William S. Paley]] and [[Babe Paley]], arguably Capote's best friends, generated controversy. Although the issue featuring "''La Côte Basque''" sold out immediately upon publication, its much-discussed betrayal of confidences alienated Capote from his established base of middle aged, wealthy female friends, who feared that the intimate and often sordid details of their ostensibly glamorous lives would be exposed to the public. Another two chapters, "Unspoiled Monsters" and "Kate McCloud", appeared subsequently; intended to form the long opening section of the novel, they displayed a marked shift in narrative voice, introduced a more elaborate plot structure, and together formed a novella-length mosaic of fictionalized memoir and gossip. "Unspoiled Monsters", which by itself was almost as long as ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', contained a thinly veiled satire of [[Tennessee Williams]], whose friendship with Capote had already become strained.

*[[Gigantism]]

*[[Glaucoma]]

==Later years==

*[[Hernias]]

[[Image:Mmchameleons.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Music for Chameleons]]:The last work of Capote published during his lifetime.]]

*[[Hyperflex|Hypermobility of the joints]]

In the late 1970s, Capote was in and out of rehab clinics, and news of his various breakdowns frequently reached the public. In 1978, talk show host Stanley Siegal did a live on-air interview with Capote, who, in an extraordinarily intoxicated state, confessed that he might kill himself. One year later, when he felt betrayed by Lee Radziwill in a feud with perpetual nemesis Gore Vidal, Capote arranged a return visit to Stanley Siegal's show, this time to deliver a bizarrely comic performance revealing salacious personal details about Radziwill and her sister.

*[[Malocclusion]]

*[[Mitral valve prolapse]]

In an ironic twist, [[Andy Warhol]] (who had made a point of seeking out Capote when he first arrived in New York) provided the author with the platform for his next artistic renewal. Warhol, who often partied with Capote at [[Studio 54]], agreed to paint Capote's portrait as "a personal gift"—rather than for the six-figure sums he usually charged—in exchange for Capote contributing short pieces to Warhol's ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]'' magazine every month for a year. Initially the pieces were to consist of tape-recorded conversations, but soon Capote dispensed with the tape recorder and chose instead to craft meticulously composed "conversational portraits" that applied his literary skills to the magazine's dialogue-driven format. Out of this creative burst came the pieces that would form the basis for the bestselling ''[[Music for Chameleons]]'' (1980). To celebrate this unexpected renaissance, he underwent a [[facelift]], lost weight and experimented with hair transplants. Nevertheless, Capote was unable to overcome his reliance upon drugs and liquor and had grown bored with New York by the turn of the 1980s.

*[[Myopia]]

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After the revocation of his driver's license (the result of speeding near his [[Long Island]] residence) and a hallucinatory seizure in 1980 that required hospitalization, Capote became fairly reclusive. These hallucinations continued unabated and scans revealed that his brain mass had perceptibly shrunk. On the rare occasions when he was lucid, he continued to hype ''Answered Prayers'' as being nearly complete and was reportedly planning a reprise of the Black and White Ball to have been held either in Los Angeles or a more exotic locale in South America. On a few occasions, he was still able to write. In 1982, a new short story, "One Christmas", appeared in the December issue of ''[[Ladies Home Journal]]'' and the following year it became, like its predecessors "A Christmas Memory" and "The Thanksgiving Visitor", a holiday gift book. In 1983, "Remembering Tennessee", an essay in tribute to [[Tennessee Williams]], who had passed away in February of that year, appeared in [[Playboy]] magazine.

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*[[COPD|Obstructive lung disease]]

Capote died, according to the coroner's report, of "liver disease complicated by [[phlebitis]] and multiple drug intoxication" at the age of 59 on [[August 25]], [[1984]], in the home of his old friend Joanne Carson in [[Los Angeles]], ex-wife of late-night TV host [[Johnny Carson]], on whose program Capote had been a frequent guest. He was interred in the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles, leaving behind his longtime companion, author [[Jack Dunphy]]. Dunphy died in 1992, and in 1994 both his and Capote's ashes were scattered at Crooked Pond, between [[Bridgehampton]] and [[Sag Harbor]] on [[Long Island]], close to where the two had maintained a property with individual houses for many years. Capote also maintained the property in [[Palm Springs]], a condominium in [[Switzerland]] that was mostly occupied by Dunphy seasonally, and a primary residence at the [[United Nations]] Plaza in New York City.

*[[Osteoarthritis]]

*[[Pectus carinatum]] or [[pectus excavatum|excavatum]]

Capote twice won the [[O. Henry Awards|O. Henry Memorial Short Story Prize]] and was a member of the [[National Institute of Arts and Letters]].

*[[Pneumothorax]]

*[[Retinal detachment]]

== Quotations ==

*[[Scoliosis]]

* "''All literature is gossip''."—Truman Capote<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/trumancapo158559.html|title=Truman Capote Quotes}}</ref>

*[[Sleep apnea]]

* His rival, [[Gore Vidal]], had this to say about Capote: "''He mistook the rich who liked publicity for the ruling class, and made himself far too much at home among them, only to find that he was to them no more than an amusing pet who would be dispensed with, as he was when he published lurid gossip about them.''"<ref name="vidal"/>

*[[Stretch marks]]

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==Capote in TV, film and theater==

Capote's childhood experiences are captured in the 1956 memoir "A Christmas Memory," which he adapted for television and narrated. Directed by [[Frank Perry]], it aired on [[December 21]], [[1966]], on ''[[ABC Stage 67]]'', and featured [[Geraldine Page]] in an [[Emmy Award]]-winning performance. The teleplay was later incorporated into Perry's 1969 anthology film ''Trilogy'' (aka ''Truman Capote's Trilogy''), which also includes adaptations of "Miriam" and "Among the Paths to Eden." The TV movie ''Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory'', with [[Patty Duke]] and [[Piper Laurie]], was a [[1997 in television|1997]] remake, directed by Glenn Jordan.

In [[1961 in film|1961]] Capote's novel ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' about a flamboyant New York party girl named Holly Golightly was filmed by director [[Blake Edwards]] and starred [[Audrey Hepburn]] in what many consider her defining role, though Capote never approved of the toning down of the story to appeal to mass audiences.

Capote narrated his ''The Thanksgiving Visitor'' (1967), a sequel to ''A Christmas Memory'', filmed by Frank Perry in [[Pike Road, Alabama]]. Geraldine Page again won an Emmy for her performance in this hour-long [[teleplay]].

''In Cold Blood'' was filmed twice. When [[Richard Brooks]] directed ''[[In Cold Blood (film)|In Cold Blood]]'', the [[1967 in film|1967]] adaptation with [[Robert Blake]] and [[Scott Wilson]], he filmed at the actual Clutter house and other Holcomb, Kansas, locations. [[Anthony Edwards]] and [[Eric Roberts]] headed the cast of the 1996 ''In Cold Blood'' miniseries, directed by [[Jonathan Kaplan]].

[[Neil Simon]]'s 1976 murder mystery spoof ''[[Murder by Death]]'' provided Capote's main role as an actor, portraying reclusive millionaire Lionel Twain who invites the world's leading detectives together to a dinner party to have them solve a murder. The performance brought him a [[Golden Globe]] nomination (Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture). Early in the film it is alleged that Twain has ten fingers but no pinkies. In truth, Capote's pinkie fingers were unusually large.

In [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977), there is a scene in which Alvy (Allen) and Annie ([[Diane Keaton]]) are observing passersby in the park. Alvy comments, "Oh, there goes the winner of the Truman Capote Look-Alike Contest." The passerby is actually Truman Capote (who appeared in the film uncredited).

''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' came to theater screens in 1995 with David Speck in the lead role of Joel Sansom. Reviewing this atmospheric [[Southern Gothic]] film in the ''New York Times'', [[Stephen Holden]] wrote:

:One of the things the movie does best is transport you back in time and into nature. In the early scenes as Joel leaves his aunt's home to travel across the South by rickety bus and horse and carriage, you feel the strangeness, wonder and anxiety of a child abandoning everything that's familiar to go to a place so remote he has to ask directions along the way. The landscape over which he travels is so rich and fertile that you can almost smell the earth and sky. Later on, when Joel tussles with Idabell (Aubrey Dollar), a tomboyish neighbor who becomes his best friend (a character inspired by the author Harper Lee), the movie has a special force and clarity in its evocation of the physical immediacy of being a child playing outdoors.

Capote's short story "Children on Their Birthdays", another look back at a small-town Alabama childhood, was brought to film by director Mark Medoff in [[2002 in film|2002]].

''With Love from Truman'' ([[1966 in television|1966]]), a 29-minute documentary by David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, shows a ''Newsweek'' reporter interviewing Capote at his beachfront home in Long Island. Capote talks about ''In Cold Blood'', his relationship with the murderers and his coverage of the trial. He is also seen taking Alvin Dewey and his wife around New York City for the first time. Originally titled ''A Visit with Truman Capote'', this film was commissioned by National Educational Television and shown on the NET network.

In 1990, [[Robert Morse]] received both a [[Tony Award|Tony]] and a [[Drama Desk Award]] for his portrayal of Capote in the one-man show, ''[[Tru (play)|Tru]]''. In 1992, he recreated the performance for the PBS series ''[[American Playhouse]]'' and won an [[Emmy Award]] for his performance.

Paul Williams appears as Capote in ''The Doors'' (1991) introducing Jim Morrison to Andy Warhol.

Louis Negrin portrayed Capote in ''54'' (1998). A reference is made to Capote as just having had a face lift, and the song "Knock on Wood" is dedicated to him.

Sam Street is seen briefly as Capote in ''Isn't She Great?'' ([[2000 in film|2000]]), a biographical comedy-drama about [[Jacqueline Susann]]. Michael J. Burg has appeared as Capote in two films, ''The Audrey Hepburn Story'' (2000) and ''The Hoax'' ([[2006 in film|2006]]), about [[Clifford Irving]].

''Truman Capote: The Tiny Terror'' is a documentary that aired [[April 6]], [[2004 in television|2004]], as part of A&E's ''[[A&E Biography|Biography]]'' series, followed by a 2005 DVD release.

In July [[2005 in literature|2005]], [[Oni Press]] published comic book artist and writer Ande Parks' ''Capote in Kansas: A Drawn Novel'', a fictionalized account of Capote and Lee researching ''In Cold Blood''.

Director [[Bennett Miller]] made his dramatic feature debut with the [[biopic]] ''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]). Spanning the years Truman Capote spent researching and writing ''In Cold Blood'', the film depicts Capote's conflict between his compassion for his subjects and self-absorbed obsession with finishing the book. ''Capote'' garnered much critical acclaim when it was released ([[September 30]], [[2005]] in the US and [[February 24]], [[2006]] in the UK). [[Dan Futterman]]'s screenplay was based on the book ''Capote: A Biography'' by Gerald Clarke. ''Capote'' received five [[Academy Award]] nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]]'s performance earned him many awards, including a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] Award, a [[Golden Globe]], a [[Screen Actors Guild]] Award, an [[Independent Spirit Award]] and the 2006 [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role]].

''[[Infamous (film)|Infamous]]'' (2006), which stars [[Toby Jones]] as Capote and [[Sandra Bullock]] as Harper Lee, is an adaptation of [[George Plimpton]]'s ''Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career'' ([[1997 in literature|1997]]). Writer-director Douglas McGrath offered a contrast of Capote in Kansas with his gossipy adventures amid the New York social set. The film's premiere at the [[Venice Film Festival]] in August 2006 was followed by a October 13 theatrical release. Reviewing in ''[[The Independent]]'', prior to the premiere, critic [[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]] wrote:

:The best new film I've seen this year is about the writer Truman Capote... I have no reason to attack ''Capote'', or diminish it. I thought it was a good picture. But this is better... So get ready for ''Infamous'' - unless someone has the wit to find a new title. Understand in advance that the leading arbiters of culture will tell you it's the same thing warmed up, a story you know, a curiosity even. It's none of those. We do not write off this year's ''Hamlet'' because we enjoyed last year's. We might listen to Mahler's ''Ninth'' tonight and in a few months' time. You do not really know this story in advance, for a very good reason: you have not been moved by it yet. You have been intrigued, entertained - all good things. In ''Infamous'', among other things, you have [[Gwyneth Paltrow]]'s breakdown and the fact that one of the killers took 30 minutes to die after he had been hanged. People collapse slowly. You will be surprised. [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article1096307.ece]

More than 70 film critics wrote favorable reviews of ''Infamous'', but some were not impressed. [[Jim Emerson]], reviewing in ''[[The Chicago Sun-Times]]'', wrote:

:''Infamous'' never finds its proper tone, which should have been set by the peacock performances of Jones and Stevenson -- flaming creatures who are comically flamboyant, self-possessed and just enough over the top to be dazzling. As Capote's fellow author and investigative collaborator Nelle Harper Lee, Sandra Bullock is robotic. When she shifts her eyes at a key moment in a scene, you can almost read the programming code that dictates the maneuver. In the end, ''Infamous'' turns out to be the third-best movie built around the murders of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kan., in 1959.<ref>Emerson, Jim. "Infamous Capote Story Better Told Elsewhere," ''Chicago Sun-Times'' (October 13, 2006).</ref>

Due to the numerous depictions of Capote on film, the satirical newspaper ''[[The Onion]]'' published a 2006 article: "Oscars Create New Truman Capote Biopic Category."<ref>[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54569 ''The Onion'', "Oscars Create New Truman Capote Biopic Category"]</ref>

In 1994, actor and writer [[Bob Kingdom]] created the one-man theatre piece ''The Truman Capote Talk Show'', in which he played Capote looking back over his life. Originally performed at the [[Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith|Lyric Studio Theatre, Hammersmith, London]], the piece has proved very successful and has toured widely within the UK and internationally.

==Discography==

*''Capote'' (2005) film soundtrack by Mychael Danna. Reading by Capote.

*''A Christmas Memory'' LP. Reading by Capote.

*''Children on Their Birthdays'' Columbia Literary Series ML 4761 12" LP. Reading by Capote.

*''House of Flowers'' Columbia 10" LP. Reading by Capote.

*''[[House of Flowers (musical)|House of Flowers]]'' Broadway production. Saint Subber presents Truman Capote and Harold Arlen’s ''House of Flowers'', starring [[Pearl Bailey]]. Directed by Peter Brook with musical numbers by Herbert Ross. Columbia 12" LP, Stereo-OS-2320. Electronically reprocessed for stereo.

*''In Cold Blood'' (1966) RCA Victor Red Seal monophonic LP, VDM-110. Reading by Capote.

*''In Cold Blood'' Random House unabridged on 12 CDs. Read by Scott Brick.

*''The Thanksgiving Visitor'' (1967) United Artists LP UAS 6682. Reading by Capote.

*''Capote in Kansas'' (2005) Oni Press, Graphic novel about Truman Capote and his time in Kansas researching ''In Cold Blood''.

==Published and other works==

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! Year !! Title !! Type/Notes

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| [[1943|approx. 1943]]

| ''[[Summer Crossing]]''

| Novel; posthumously published 2005

|-

| [[1945]]

| Miriam

| Short story; published in ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)]]''

|-

| [[1948]]

| ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel)|Other Voices, Other Rooms]]''

| Novel

|-

| [[1949]]

| ''[[A Tree of Night and Other Stories]]''

| Collection of short stories

|-

| [[1951]]

| ''[[The Grass Harp]]''

| Novella

|-

| [[1952]]

| ''The Grass Harp''

| Play

|-

| [[1953]]

| ''[[Beat the Devil (1953 film)|Beat the Devil]]''

| Original screenplay

|-

| [[1954]]

| ''[[House of Flowers (musical)|House of Flowers]]''

| Broadway musical

|-

| [[1956]]

| ''[[The Muses Are Heard]]''

| Nonfiction

|-

| [[1956]]

| "[[A Christmas Memory]]"

| Short story; published in ''Mademoiselle (magazine)''

|-

| [[1957]]

| "The Duke in His Domain"

| Portrait of [[Marlon Brando]]; published in ''[[The New Yorker]]''; Republished in ''Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker'' (2001)

|-

| [[1958]]

| ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''

| Novella

|-

| [[1960]]

| ''[[The Innocents (film)|The Innocents]]''

| Screenplay based on ''[[Turn of the Screw]]'' by [[Henry James]]; 1962 [[Edgar Award]], from the [[Mystery Writers of America]], to Capote and William Archibald for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

|-

| [[1963]]

| ''[[Selected Writings of Truman Capote]]''

| Midcareer retrospective anthology; fiction and nonfiction

|-

| [[1964]]

|

| A short story appeared in ''Seventeen'' magazine

|-

| [[1966]]

| ''[[In Cold Blood (book)|In Cold Blood]]''

| "Nonfiction novel"; Capote's second Edgar Award (1966), for Best Fact Crime book

|-

| [[1968]]

| ''[[The Thanksgiving Visitor]]''

| Holiday story published as a gift book

|-

| [[1971]]

| ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''

| Screenplay based on the novel by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], rejected by [[Paramount Pictures]]

|-

| [[1973]]

| ''[[The Dogs Bark]]''

| Collection of travel articles and personal sketches

|-

| [[1975]]

| "Mojave" and "La Cote Basque, 1965"

| Short stories from ''Answered Prayers''; published in ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''

|-

| [[1976]]

| "Unspoiled Monsters" and "Kate McCloud"

| Short stories from ''Answered Prayers''; published in ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''

|-

| [[1980]]

| ''[[Music for Chameleons]]''

| Collection of short works mixing fiction and nonfiction

|-

| [[1983]]

| ''[[One Christmas]]''

| Holiday story published as a gift book

|-

| [[1987]]

| ''[[Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel]]''

| Published posthumously

|-

| [[1987]]

| ''[[A Capote Reader]]''

| Omnibus edition containing most of Capote's shorter works, fiction and nonfiction

|-

| [[2004]]

| ''[[The Complete Stories of Truman Capote]]''

| Anthology of twenty short stories

|-

| [[2004]]

| ''[[Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote]]''

| Edited by Capote biographer Gerald Clarke

|-

| [[2005]]

| ''Summer Crossing''

| Previously lost first novel &mdash; excerpt published in the [[2005-10-24]] issue of ''The New Yorker''

|}

==Watch==

*[http://images.apple.com/movies/warner_independent/infamous/infamous-tlr1-h.ref.mov ''Infamous'' trailer]

==Listen to==

*[http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/news/features/2004/12/16_extra_capote Capote reading "A Christmas Memory"]

*[http://www.wiredforbooks.org/geraldclarke/ Capote biographer Gerald Clarke interviewed by CBS Radio's [[Don Swaim]] (1988)]

==Notes==

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==References==

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*Clarke, Gerald (1988) ''Capote: A Biography''. Simon and Schuster. Bestselling and critically acclaimed biography. Basis for the 2005 film ''Capote''.

*Colacello, Bob (1990) ''Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up''. HarperCollins. Contains many anecdotes regarding Capote's association with Warhol, and an entire chapter on Capote's relationship with ''Interview'' magazine and how it led to the writing of ''Music For Chameleons''.

*Garson, Helen S. ''Truman Capote: A Study of the Short Fiction''. Boston ; Twayne, 1992.

*[http://theparisreview.org/viewinterview.php/prmMID/4867 Hill, Patti. "Truman Capote: The Art of Fiction No. 17," ''Paris Review'' 16, Spring-Summer 1957]

*Inge, M. Thomas (1987) ''Truman Capote Conversations''. University Press of Mississippi. Interviews with Capote by Gerald Clarke, [[David Frost]], Eric Norden, George Plimpton, [[Gloria Steinem]], Jerry Tallmer, [[Eugene Walter]], [[Andy Warhol]], [[Jann Wenner]] and others. ISBN 0-87805-274-7

*[http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-obit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Krebs, Albin. "Truman Capote Is Dead at 59; Novelist of Style and Clarity," ''New York Times'' (August 28, 1984)]

*Plimpton, George (1997) ''Truman Capote, In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career''. Published by Nan A. Talese (imprint of [[Doubleday]]). Collection of first-hand observations about the author. Basis for the film ''Infamous'' (2006).

*Walter, Eugene, as told to Katherine Clark, foreword by George Plimpton (2001) ''Milking the Moon: A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet''. Crown. Actor-novelist-raconteur Walter, who first met Capote when they were children, recalled several anecdotes about Capote as an adult and as a child (when he was known as '''Bulldog Persons''').

*[[Dear Mr. Capote]] is [[Gordon Lish]]'s first novel tells the story of a serial killer, who wants Truman Capote to write his biography. In the letter the killer writes to Truman Capote, the details of his life and his modus operandi are revealed.

==External links==

*[http://marfanworld.org/ International Federation of Marfan Syndrome Organisations]

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*[http://www.marfan.org/ National Marfan Foundation (USA)]

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*[http://www.marfan.org.za/diagnosis.html Marfan diagnosis criteria]

*[http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0930.html Obituary, New York Times, August 26, 1984 (with some striking contradictions to this article about his early years)]

*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Marfan.html National Institute for Health Marfan syndrome page (USA)]

*[http://www.capotebio.com/ Abstract of Truman Capote]

*[http://www.kirjastomedicinenet.sci.ficom/capotemarfan_syndrome/index.htm BooksMarfan andSyndrome WritersCenter at medicinenet.com]

*[http://marfansyndrome.researchtoday.net/ Marfan Syndrome Research] - recent literature on Marfan Syndrome

*[http://www.sonyclassics.com/capote/main.html ''Capote'' (2005), film website]

*[http://www.supportmarfan.com Marfan support]

*[http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1175&pt=Truman%20Capote Find A Grave]

*[http://www.marfan.ca/ Canadian Marfan Association]

*[http://www-tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_089/TECH_V089_S0501_P005.pdf Emanuel Goldman review of ''Trilogy'' in ''The Tech'' (December 3, 1969)]

*[http://www.geraldclarkemarfan.comorg.uk/works.htm Gerald ClarkeMarfan onAssociation CapoteUK]

*[http://www.marfan.org.mx/ Marfan de Mexico]

*[http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/12/16_hemphills_xmasmemory/ Minnesota Public Radio: Public readings of "A Christmas Memory"]

*[http://www.marfan.no/ Norwegian Marfan Organization]

*[http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-dogs.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Review: ''The Dogs Bark'' (1973)]

*[http://www.marfanlife.net Marfan Life blog] - mostly links to news articles about Marfan Syndrome

*[http://www.ansoniadesign.com/capote/ Truman Capote: A Black + White Tribute]

*[http://www.marfanlife.net/lists/ Marfan-List] - email discussion list for people and families with Marfan Syndrome

*[http://www.nytimes.com/ads/capote/ Truman Capote: His Life & Works]

*[http://www.marfan.org.za/ South African Marfan Syndrome Organisation] - support group for Africa

*[http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/capote.pdf Truman Capote Papers]

*[http://www.davidclaudonmedstudents.com.br/Mockingbirdoriginal/capoteauntrevisao/marfan/marfan.htmlhtm "Truman'sEye Aunt: A BioFindings in Cold Blood" by DannyeMarfan's Rominesyndrome]

*[http://www.fyne.co.uk/index.php?item=230 Gay Great - Truman Capote]

*[http://www.leatherboundtreasure.com/author/capote_truman.html]

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