Dominick Dunne

Dominick Dunne was a writer for Vanity Fair who covered several high-profile trials including the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial and the Menendez Brothers trial. Dunne has also written several true crime books.

On August 26, 2009, Dunne passed away in New York City at the age of 83. He had been battling cancer for several years, and was famously hospitalized while covering the O.J. Simpson trial in Las Vegas in 2008.

Dominick Dunne was just finishing his latest novel, reportedly titled Too Much Money, at the time of his death.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/25/dominick.dunne.obit/index.html

Recently released on DVD After The Party is a documentary of Dominick Dunne's life and illustrious career. The film includes interviews with legendary Paramount Pictures producer Robert Evans, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter and gossip columnist Liz Smith.

In the film, Dunne discusses the murder of his daughter, the event that got him started in crime writing, as well as his time in World War II and his time covering the O.J. Simpson trial.http://biographical-documentaries.suite101.com/article.cfm/dvd_review_dominick_dunne_after_the_party

• Too Much Money - tentative title, rumored to be set for December releasehttp://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/26/entertainment-us-obit-dominick-dunne_6818995.html

• Justice: Crimes, Trials and Punishments - 2001

• The Way We Lived Then: Recollections of a Well-known Name Dropper - 1999

• Another City, Not My Own - 1997

• A Season in Purgatory - 1993

• People Like Us - 1988

• The Two Mrs. Grenvilles - 1985

• The Winners - 1982

• Ash Wednesday

• Play It As It Lays

• The Panic in Needle Park

• The Boys in the Band