Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age 86, his nephew said.
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Writer Gore Vidal dies at age 86
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Gene Chenault dies at 90
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Director Ken Russell has died
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Sargent Shriver, former vice presidential nominee, dies
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Eugene Patterson, editor and columnist, dies at 89
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Novelist John Updike dies at 76
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Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies at 82
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American author Michael Crichton dies at age 66
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Conservative pioneer William F Buckley Jr dies at 82
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Director sidney Lumet dies at 86
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Friends and mourners remember former Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus
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Neil Armstrong dies at 82
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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, dies at 86
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Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies at age 78
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Dorothy Rodham, mother of Hillary Clinton died
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Sir Edmund Hillary dies
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Playwright Antony laid to rest with State honours