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Truman Garcia Capote was born September 30, 1924 as Truman Streckfus Persons, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Having quite a lonely childhood and troubled by a divorce, Truman discovered his calling of writing by the age of 11 by writing short stories and poems. In 1933 Truman moved to New York City to live with his mother and her second husband, who adopted him and renamed him Truman Garcia Capote. Truman became famous through his works of writing, //Breakfast at Tiffany's// (1958) and //In Cold Blood// (1965). Capote later died of liver disease in Los Angles, California, on August 25, 1984, at the age of 59.