The Resume

(September 30, 1924-August 25, 1984)
Wrote 'Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948),' 'In Cold Blood (1966),' 'Breakfast At Tiffany's (1958)' and 'The Dogs Bark (1973)'
Won four O. Henry Awards

Why he might be annoying:

He suffered from depression.
He had a lisp.
He had a face-lift.
Many of his stories were bleak tales of loveless, isolated or sexually confused people.
He became a favorite of high society.
He turned on them in his incomplete social satire 'Answered Prayers (1975).
He became a junkie and an alcoholic.

Why he might not be annoying:

His mother was a 16-year old beauty queen.
He spent much of his childhood with elderly relatives after his parents divorced.
Many of his early works drew upon his childhood experiences.
Harper Lee based Dill upon him in 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'

Credit: Fantom

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alcohol Contributed to My Death
• Allegedly Gay Men
• Andy Warhol Factory Regulars
• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Buddy! Dude! Man! Guy!
• Bulldog Owners
• Daily Beast's 11 Greatest Literary Feuds [2010] (Ranked: 8)
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts - Guests [A-K]
• Dean Martin Show Guests [A-K]
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• E!'s Mysteries and Scandals
• Fag Stags [Men Loved by Gay Men]
• Falsettos
• Fantom's Profiles
• Gnomes - Short and Chubby
• Golden Girls References
• Horatio Sanz Impersonations
• I Attended Trinity [New York City]
• I Attended Truman Capote's Black and White Ball [November 28, 1966]
• I Died in 1984 (Ranked: 59)
• I Died of a Drug Overdose
• I Had a Face Lift
• I Have Epilepsy
• I Lisp
• I Made a Scene on The Dick Cavett Show
• I Portrayed Truman Capote
• I Probably Banged Andy Warhol
• I Probably Banged Errol Flynn
• I Publicly Trashed My Book’s Movie
• I'm Buried at Pierce Brothers' Westwood Memorial Park [Calif]
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• John Belushi's Impersonations
• Kerry Blue Terrier Owners
• Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Male
• Look at Me, I'm Relaxing
• Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (Ranked: 96)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 11)
• O Magazine's 35 Best Christmas Books [2020] (Ranked: 22)
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1960s] (Ranked: 1968)
• Presidential Names
• Profiles 3501-3750 (Ranked: 3517)
• Red Hot Chili Pepper References
• Roasted on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in Guests [A-K]
• Someone Won an Emmy Portraying Me
• Someone Won an Oscar Portraying Me
• Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour Guests
• Studio 54 Regulars
• Sweet Home Alabama
• Terrier Owners
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 54)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19840825)
• White Men Loved by Blacks

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 81 Votes: 45.68% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 72 Votes: 48.61% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 283 Votes: 61.13% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 71 Votes: 63.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 105 Votes: 75.24% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 207 Votes: 59.90% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 344 Votes: 67.15% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 79 Votes: 40.51% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 58 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 156 Votes: 44.23% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 285 Votes: 43.51% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 248 Votes: 46.77% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 368 Votes: 61.41% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 593 Votes: 55.82% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1598 Votes: 55.07% Annoying