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  Gore Vidal’s New York Times Obituary Has Some of the Best Corrections Ever
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Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  Aug 03, 2012 05:29pm
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News DateThursday, August 2, 2012 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe lengthy obituary of literary titan Gore Vidal that ran in Wednesday's New York Times was updated yesterday to correct three hilarious mistakes.

1) His insult of choice was "crypto-Nazi" not "crypto-Fascist."

An earlier version misstated the term Mr. Vidal called William F. Buckley Jr. in a television appearance during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It was crypto-Nazi, not crypto-fascist.
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