Celebrated screenwriter, playwright, essayist, and political activist Gore Vidal died Tuesday night at age 86. The National Book Award-winning writer penned 25 books in his career, including Lincoln, Myra Breckenridge, and the famously controversial 1948 novel The City and the Pillar, which caused a stir for featuring openly gay characters. His hit play The Best Man is currently enjoying a hit revival on Broadway, and Vidal even unsuccessfully ran for office twice. Here, the accomplished multi-hyphenate is remembered through pictures.