Ron Galella, King of the Paparazzi

Captive Capote
Truman Capote reclines with a louche grandeur, or perhaps plain old drunkenness, at legendary nightclub Studio 54 — which he called "Cinquantaquattro" — flanked by Kate Harrington, left, the daughter of Capote's then lover John O'Shea, and actress Gloria Swanson. Capote died of excess six years after this photo was taken — to which his bitter rival Gore Vidal supposedly quipped, "Good career move."

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