Denham Fouts has been referenced in literary works by Christopher Isherwood, Truman Capote, and Gore Vidal. He was also a friend of George Platt Lynes, who photographed him. Isherwood described him as a mythic figure, "the most expensive male prostitute in the world."
Fouts died in 1948, at the Pensione Foggetti, in Rome, at the age of 35.
Interment details from the American Foreign Service from "Report of the Death of an American Citizen."
The following information was provided by Vero DiSpirito:
"Fouts died... of a 'hypoplastic aorta and hypertrophy of left ventricle.' His body was buried in the first zone, 11th row, of the city's Protestant Cemetery. A friend, John Goodwin, told Christopher Isherwood that Fouts was found dead in his bathroom."
Denham Fouts has been referenced in literary works by Christopher Isherwood, Truman Capote, and Gore Vidal. He was also a friend of George Platt Lynes, who photographed him. Isherwood described him as a mythic figure, "the most expensive male prostitute in the world."
Fouts died in 1948, at the Pensione Foggetti, in Rome, at the age of 35.
Interment details from the American Foreign Service from "Report of the Death of an American Citizen."
The following information was provided by Vero DiSpirito:
"Fouts died... of a 'hypoplastic aorta and hypertrophy of left ventricle.' His body was buried in the first zone, 11th row, of the city's Protestant Cemetery. A friend, John Goodwin, told Christopher Isherwood that Fouts was found dead in his bathroom."