Nothing blew my mind in the last few years like discovering how close Harper Lee and Truman Capote were, as they were both authors I idolized at different stages of my life.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/10/books/harper-lee-and-truma...

And that Dill was partially based on her childhod friendship with Capote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee#Early_life

This seems to be well established now in pop culture and art, but I was completely unaware when I first heard.

The fact the world has such inspired people, despite their stressful surroundings was a blessing to us all in the form of great art.

Goodbye, Harper.