Gore Vidal
1925 – 2012 Grandson of U.S. Senator born into an upper-class political family. Becoming a writer and public intellectual figure known for wit. As a political commentator, focus on history and society of the United States.
Public debates on sex, politics, and religion occasionally quarrels with William F. Buckley Jr. and Norman Mailer. Was involved in politics, sought office twice as a Democratic Party unsuccessfully, and lived with the same man for 53 years.
“I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.”
_Gore Vidal
