RIP Gore Vidal

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RIP Gore Vidal

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Gore Vidal dies; imperious gadfly and prolific, graceful writer was 86
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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Sorry to hear. Altho I admit that I've never read any of his work. What I remember most about him is Lily Tomlin's phone operator character persistently calling him "Mr. VEE-dul" on Laugh-In. (Dear gods, I'm old. :lol:)
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I have performed in his play, "The Best Man" ... an interesting tale, though dated at this point.
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Certainly a literary icon.

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i am sorry to hear of this. just had the pleasure of seeing his commentary in the US vs John Lennon documentary.

have never actually finished anything he wrote, i did start his Aaron Burr back in hs, don't remember why i set it down.
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