Monday Meme: Wild Thing

Born today in 1914, writer and dancer Jack Dunphy once said, “I never wanted fame.” His lover of  more than 3 decades, Truman Capote was quite the opposite. They are pictured here in today’s Monday Meme in Italy where they lived together in the 1950’s. The unlikely pair, Dunphy the quiet introvert and Capote the outspoken, controversial icon, first met in 1948. Although they drifted in and out of one other’s lives the couple remained close until Capote’s death until 1984. Dunphy was named chief beneficiary of Capote’s estate.  Dunphy wrote about his relationship with Capote in a book entitled, Dear Genius which was published before his own death in 1992.