Celebrated author, playwright and commentator Gore Vidal has died at the age of 86, his nephew said today.
Burr Steers said Vidal died at his home in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills at about 6.45pm local time yesterday of complications from pneumonia.
Mr Steers said Vidal had been living alone in the home and had been sick for "quite a while".
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