August 27, 2009

Dominick Dunne Dies

Writer Dominick Dunne has died. Mr. Dunne was the author of a number of popular novels taking society and crime as their theme, including The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, A Season in Purgatory, and An Inconvenient Woman. He wrote regularly for Vanity Fair.

Here is more from the New York Times and from Newsday about Mr. Dunne's life and career. He is survived by two sons, the actor Griffin Dunne, and Alex Dunne.

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