Who is that masked man?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiByHTYrWcXT2gfmRPDVjmq8Xj5xK96ATjEgn8V3gl2apDzC33Ev0EsDgJPQXJt5C6wFuh0QK5sajBoqIfmCOBeOFnwuklV0BeSA7rSkPkmSh_CEc6hMe1yodMH_wjFkhCGp3QtMP4Rcg/s1600/truman+capote+black+and+white+ball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiByHTYrWcXT2gfmRPDVjmq8Xj5xK96ATjEgn8V3gl2apDzC33Ev0EsDgJPQXJt5C6wFuh0QK5sajBoqIfmCOBeOFnwuklV0BeSA7rSkPkmSh_CEc6hMe1yodMH_wjFkhCGp3QtMP4Rcg/s400/truman+capote+black+and+white+ball.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These photos are not from a Halloween party.  They are from Truman Capote's infamous Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel in 1966.  I'd much rather look at these masked revelers than people dressed up as Snooki and The Situation.  Those were the days. Sigh. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MKxQP5ufp4o0ytfyzQrEfLZDlmPPsWZKCo-QCSj-jtY-PKiAF2gjU8oY41FwMq9i7PuM-vVC7kkMDMV92jVrl75wg0TUE_xalDWskjHqVdSoPKFX9JY0j-0BDgi5CjwUlNgYlmCyu2o/s1600/truman+capote+black+and+white+ball+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MKxQP5ufp4o0ytfyzQrEfLZDlmPPsWZKCo-QCSj-jtY-PKiAF2gjU8oY41FwMq9i7PuM-vVC7kkMDMV92jVrl75wg0TUE_xalDWskjHqVdSoPKFX9JY0j-0BDgi5CjwUlNgYlmCyu2o/s400/truman+capote+black+and+white+ball+2.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnP_YCQI6HerpibZNzprYGeVhLDiNViJT4srNqJQyHqOgtoZLN_FBdio0lBTWUyN9w1jhs13uv6LylJumx51hqc5Ri96JIOtt_ChPLopKIPxO2K-83JqyTJnI70Xed_OQigWHqnL35N8/s1600/william+f+buckley+and+patricia+buckley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Who is that masked man?

These photos are not from a Halloween party.  They are from Truman Capote's infamous Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel in 1966.  I...

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