Gore Vidal
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, actress Joanne Woodward, left, stands by as Gore Vidal speaks at the National Book Awards in New York. Woodward presented Vidal with the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Vidal died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
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Directors Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville show what happened when in 1968 when ABC in hiring public intellectuals William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal to provide commentary during the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
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**FILE** Author Gore Vidal tosses barbs in all directions as he discusses Hollywood unions, politics, lecturing and publicizing books during an interview in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 1974. Vidal died July 31, 2012, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86. (Associated Press)
