Louis Denham Fouts

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Louis Denham Fouts

Birth
Boca Grande, Lee County, Florida, USA
Death
16 Dec 1948 (aged 34)
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Burial
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
Plot
1st Zone, 13th Row, Grave 10
Memorial ID
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The son of Edwin Fouts and Mary E. Denham (1890-1970).

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."
The son of Edwin Fouts and Mary E. Denham (1890-1970).

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."