Dominick Dunne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dominick Dunne

American writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 26-Aug-2009

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, journalist, film producer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Dominick John Dunne (October 29, 1925 – August 26, 2009) was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer. He began his career as a producer in film and television, noted for involvement with the pioneering gay film The Boys in the Band (1970) and the award winning drug film Panic in Needle Park (1971).
He turned to writing in the early 1970s.
After the 1982 murder of his daughter Dominique, he came to focus on the ways in which wealth and high society interacts with the judicial system.
A frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, Dunne also appeared regularly on television discussing crime from the 1980s to the end of his life.