Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal (born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer.^[1]

Vidal was born at West Point, New York,^[1] the only child of Eugene Luther Vidal (1895-1969) and Nina Gore (1903-1978). He was promiscuous in his youth and was openly bisexual. He lived with a man for over fifty years until he died in 2003.^[1] Vidal died of pneumonia at his home in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Telegraph obituary