Born: 30 September 1924 · Died: 25 August 1984 · Age at death: 59
How old was Truman Capote when he died?
Truman Capote died aged 59. He was born on 30 September 1924 and died on 25 August 1984.
American author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood
Did you know?He was a childhood neighbour of Harper Lee and provided the inspiration for the character Dill in her famous novel.
Quick facts
Date of birth30 September 1924
Date of death25 August 1984
Age at death59
Cause of deathLiver failure
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceNew Orleans, United States
Occupationscreenwriter, novelist, writer
Editor's Take:
Truman Capote was a stylist who loved society as much as he loved sentences. With In Cold Blood he spent years researching a family's murder in Kansas. He told the story with a novelist's tools. The book changed true crime writing. Fame brought him into the circles of New York's richest women. When he published their secrets, many cut him off. He never finished another major work. He died in 1984, his last novel still unfinished.
Key Milestones
1948: Publishes Other Voices, Other Rooms
1958: Publishes Breakfast at Tiffany's
1966: Publishes In Cold Blood
1966: Hosts the Black and White Ball
Truman Garcia Capote ( kə-POH-tee; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright.
