Longtime Vanity Fair correspondent Dominick Dunne, the journalist and bestselling author of numerous books and essays, who covered high-profile celebrity trials such as those of accused murderers O.J. Simpson, Eric and Lyle Menendez and Claus von Bülow, as well as the rape case of William Kennedy Smith, has died, according to his son, actor Griffin Dunne. He was 83. Dunne had been battling bladder cancer, and died at his Manhattan home.
Dunne’s books include the best-selling novels “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,” “A Season in Purgatory,” and “An Inconvenient Woman,” among others. According to Vanity Fair, his final book, “Too Much Money: A Novel,” is due for release in December.
Dunne, who often wrote about the crossing paths of crime and high society, was no stranger to violence. His daughter, actress Dominique Dunne (Poltergeist), was murdered in 1982. The crime would impact all his future writings, and his career eventually swung into that of a columnist and correspondent as famous as the defendants he covered. A documentary on Dunne’s life, “After the Party,” is currently available on DVD.
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