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Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. He later adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. Before she committed suicide, Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from tic doloroux. Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. He had previously based the character of  Idabel Tompkins in ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During the two years he wrote his first unpublished novel, ''Summer Crossing''.