Gore Vidal's Life in Photos

Remembering

A look back at the celebrated writer's long, controversial and glamorous career.

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Gore Vidal, 1921-2012

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1957

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1950

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1955

CBS / Landov

1957

Pictorial Parade / Getty Images

1959

Bettmann / Corbis

1960

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1961

Anthony Camerano / AP Photo

1971

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1976

Frank Carroll, NBCU Photo Bank / Getty Images

1978

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1986

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1993

Ron Frehm / AP Photo

2004

Franco Origlia / Getty Images

Gore Vidal, 1925-2012

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