UTruman Streckfus Persons, noma owaziwa nangokuthi uTruman Capote, wayeyintatheli nomlobi waseMelika ophikisanayo onomlingiswa okhethekile, owaziwa kakhulu ngenoveli Ibhulakufesi eTiffany's kanye nencwadi yakhe yencwadi ku-Cold Blood. Yilelo noveli ngalo kungakha igama elithi non-fiction-novel, ngakho-ke ngakha umugqa wokulinganisa wokuthi kungaba yini ubuntatheli obusha baseMelika.
Injalo-ke intshisekelo kule ntatheli nomlobi waseMelika okuthi, ngokusho kwemibiko yeThe Guardian, izidumbu zakhe zazikhona kuthengiswa endalini kuleli viki. Ngakho-ke umlotha kaTruman Capote, umbhali weSidlo sasekuseni eTiffany's naseCold Blood, wathengiswa eLos Angeles nge $ 43.750.
Kugcinwe ku- ibhokisi lamapulangwe laseJapan, umlotha kwakungekaJoanne Carson, unkosikazi kaJohny Carson, owayengumphathi wohlelo oludumile lwethelevishini iTonight Show. Ngokwe-Auctions kaJulien, uCarson, oshone ngonyaka odlule, uthe ukuba nomlotha kuhlale kumduduza kakhulu. Yena noCapote babengabangani abahle kakhulu kanti umbhali ohlonishwayo washona esigodlweni sakhe eBel-Air ngo-1984, eneminyaka engama-59.
Akuthengiswanga umlotha wakhe kuphela, kodwa nezingubo ayezigqoke uCapote ngosuku lokufa kwakhe zathengwa ama- $ 6.400 namabhodlela amaphilisi amabili kadokotela ngo- $ 9.280. Ngalokhu asikwazi neze ukucabanga ngentshisekelo yangempela kulezi zinto ezikhethekile. I-eccentric iyathengisa njengoba sibona kanye nomlotha womuntu, futhi ngaphezulu kwalowo womlingiswa onempikiswano futhi okhethekile, umbhali nentatheli.
Kakade ochungechungeni lwethelevishini i-Star Trek: Deep Space, esiqeshini lapho kwakumelwe khona uhlobo lwangaphandle, i-Ferengi, ongxiwankulu abanomngcwabo ongenangqondo, bathengisa izinsalela kubaqoqi abazithengayo. Okuthile okufana nokwenzeka namuhla ukuthi noma yini, inqobo nje uma kukhona kwakungeyomuntu odumile, inenani elikhulu.