1. Denham "Denny" Fouts was an American male prostitute and socialite.
14 Facts About Denham Fouts
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Denham Fouts served as the inspiration for characters by Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Christopher Isherwood, and Gavin Lambert.
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Denham Fouts was allegedly a lover of Prince Paul of Greece and French actor Jean Marais.
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Denham Fouts had two siblings, Ellen was born on 1916 and and Frederic.
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In 1926,12-year-old Fouts submitted a letter to Time magazine, protesting the abuse of animals in the making of movies.
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Denham Fouts was taken up by a series of wealthy male and female patrons.
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Denham Fouts was at one time the boyfriend of artist Peter Watson, but they separated because of Denham Fouts' opium addiction.
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In 1938, Denham Fouts introduced Brion Gysin to Paul and Jane Bowles, later shocking them by "shooting flaming arrows from his hotel window onto the busy Champs Elysees below", having spent some time in Tibet, learning archery.
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Isherwood, nonetheless, had Denham Fouts move in with him in the summer of 1941 to "lead a life of meditation".
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Some time into the war, Denham Fouts, who was a conscientious objector, was drafted for the Civilian Public Service Camp.
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Denham Fouts later completed his high school diploma, studied medicine at UCLA and then settled in Europe.
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Denham Fouts was allegedly the lover of numerous notable figures, including Prince Paul of Greece, and French actor Jean Marais.
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Goodwin told Isherwood that Denham Fouts was found dead in the bathroom.
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Denham Fouts's body was buried in the first zone, 11th row, of the city's Protestant Cemetery.