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American novelist, short story writer, and playwright Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) (center) dances with an unidentified woman at his Black-and-White Ball held in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, November 28, 1966. To the left, American publisher Katherine Graham (1917 - 2001), publisher of the Washington Post and Capote's guest of honor dances with an unidentified man. To the right, American actress Lauren Bacall dances with American dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins (1918 - 1988). (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

American novelist, short story writer, and playwright Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) (center) dances with an unidentified woman at his Black-and-White Ball held in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, November 28, 1966. To the left, American publisher Katherine Graham (1917 - 2001), publisher of the Washington Post and Capote's guest of honor dances with an unidentified man. To the right, American actress Lauren Bacall dances with American dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins (1918 - 1988). (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)