Truman Streckfus (Persons) Capote (1924 - 1984)

Born 30 Sep 1924 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Aug 1984 at age 59 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Truman Streckfus Persons, known as Truman Capote, was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor.

Biography

Author, Screenwriter, Playwright, Actor.

According to Truman himself:

. . . But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius.

• Truman Capote, Music for Chameleons

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3VXD-FW2 : accessed 8 December 2016), Truman Persons in household of Jenny Faulk, Monroeville, Monroe, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 5B, line 86, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 42; FHL microfilm 2,339,777.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7B5-LR7 : 1 March 2020), Turman Capote in household of Joseph Capote, Greenwich Town, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-55, sheet 8A, line 21, family 144, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 496.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCR-HFL : 26 November 2014), Truman Capote, 25 Aug 1984; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV57-1356 : accessed 13 July 2020), Truman Capote, California, United States, 14 Sep 1984; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Truman Capote (30 Sep 1924–25 Aug 1984), Find A Grave: Memorial #1175, citing Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

See also:

• Wikipedia: Truman Capote
• Wikidata: Item Q134180, en:Wikipedia
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:37JC-J3Z : accessed 2016-12-08), entry for Truman Streckfus /Persons Capote/.
• Biography.com
• Gerald Clarke, Capote: A Biography, Simon & Schuster, New York, January 1, 1988.