Personal Life
Tryon married Ann Noyes in 1955; they divorced in 1958.
During the 1970s, he was in a romantic relationship with Clive Clerk, one of the original cast members of A Chorus Line and an interior designer who decorated Tryon's apartment on Central Park West in New York City, which was featured in Architectural Digest.
Tryon was also involved in a relationship with Calvin Culver, also known as Casey Donovan, a gay porn star.
He reportedly spoke of an unseen lover throughout his life, a lover he had dubbed "Patrick Norton". This Patrick resided in the dreams and imagination of Tryon and is the basis for many of his characters (all of whom, notably, die horrific deaths).
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