Gore Vidal | 1925 - 2012

Writer Gore Vidal at his Hollywood Hills home in 2006. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

July 31, 2012 11:32 PM PT

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Iconoclastic author, savvy analyst and glorious gadfly on the national conscience, Gore Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills. He was 86. Read his full obituary | Photos: Gore Vidal on ... the world

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Gore Vidal | 1925 - 2012

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