Dominick Dunne

(1925-2009)

American writer and journalist

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Dominick John Dunne (October 29, 1925 – August 26, 2009) was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer. He began his career in film and television as a producer of the pioneering gay film The Boys in the Band (1970) and as the producer of the drama film The Panic in Needle Park (1971). He turned to writing in the early 1970s. After the 1982 murder of his daughter Dominique, an actress who had her breakthrough role in the film Poltergeist that year, he began to write about the interaction of wealth and high society with the judicial system. Dunne was a frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, and, beginning in the 1980s, often appeared on television discussing crime.

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Born	Dominick John Dunne 25 October 1925 Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died	26 August 2009 (aged 83) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne 1932-1997 · American actor and activist · m. 1954; div. 1965 info edit

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Alexander info 1st child with Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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Thomas Griffin Dunne info 2nd child with Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne Male b. 8 Jun 1955 · Age: 70 · 1955- · American actor, film director and film producer

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Dominique Ellen Dunne info 3rd child with Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne Female b. 23 Nov 1959 d. 4 Nov 1982 · Age: 22 (at death) · 1959-1982 · American actress

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