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page 537 “The first, in April, 1982, asked for money…”: John O’Shea to TC, April 19, 1982.

page 537 “The second, a few months later, revealed…”: John O’Shea to TC, August 9, 1982.

page 538 “‘It used to be that he…’” Joseph Petrocik to GC, February 2, 1983

page 538 “‘I recognized finally that…’”: Alan Schwartz to GC, March 17, 1983.

page 539 “‘I wanted him to have it…’”: Arnold Bernstein to GC, September 29, 1987.

page 539 “…as a slut whose ‘only enduring passion’…”: Rudisill with Simmons,
Truman Capote
, page 63.

page 539 “‘I have never seen so many misstatements of fact…’”: Harper Lee to GC, March 2, 1986.

page 539 “Mary Ida Carter, one of Tiny’s other sisters, was so disgusted…”: Mary Ida Carter to GC, January 7, 1984.

page 539 “‘So amusing,’ she said, ‘to read…’”: Lady (Nancy) Keith to TC, May 2, 1983.

page 540 “‘Capote Mixes Drinking and Driving Again…’”:
New York Post
, July 4, 1983, page 9.

page 540 “‘People don’t come to court dressed like that…’”: Laura Durkin, “No License to Do
That
, Judge Says,”
Newsday
, August 27, 1983.

page 540 “Dismayed to see him sitting alone…”: Liz Smith to GC, March 6, 1985.

page 542 “‘I think it’s criminal what you’re doing…’”: George McCormack, Jr., M.D, to GC, September 1, 1987.

page 543 “‘Not only is he leaving…’”:
Ibid.

page 543 “‘Truman is just exactly the way he was…’”: John O’Shea to GC, August 22, 1984.

page 543 “‘I think he came pretty close…’”: William Diefenbach, M.D. to GC, June 19, 1985.

page 544 “‘It’s all over with Jack.’”: Joanne Carson to GC, October 11, 1987.

Details on the exact circumstances of Truman’s death were provided by Joanne Carson.

For background on Truman’s health and help in interpreting his autopsy report, I am indebted to several doctors who treated him: Harold Deutsch; William Diefenbach; George McCormack, Jr.; Bertram Newman.

For further help in interpreting the autopsy, I am indebted to Dr. Marcus Reidenberg, professor of pharmacology and medicine at Manhattan’s Cornell University Medical College, and Dr. Ronald N. Kornblum, Chief Medical Examiner–Coroner of Los Angeles County, who was in charge of the autopsy. page 546 “‘It has been determined that he died…’”: Press release from the Department of Chief Medical Examiner–Coroner, County of Los Angeles, September 13, 1984.

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