Capote's ashes rake in a fortune
26 September 2016 - 09:32
Truman Capote's ashes have been sold for $45,000 at an auction in Los Angeles. Capote, author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, died in 1984. A portion of his ashes were owned by Joanne Carson, the former wife of chat show host Johnny Carson. When she inherited them they were valued at $6,000.
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