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Dominick Dunne, Chronicler Of Crime, Dies At 83

Posted at 7:59AM Thursday 27 Aug 2009

Dominick Dunne, who gave up producing movies in midlife and reinvented himself as a best-selling author, magazine writer, television personality and reporter whose celebrity often outshone that of his subjects, died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 83.

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