(FILES) This file photo taken on October…(FILES) This file photo taken on October 5, 2006 shows US author Gore Vidal posing for a photo in his Los Angeles home. Vidal, the iconoclastic commentator on American life and history in works like “Lincoln” and “Myra Breckenridge,” died at age 86, the Los Angeles Times reported on July 31, 2012. AFP PHOTO / FILES / Robyn BeckROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages