Dominick Dunne Dies of Bladder Cancer

By • on August 26, 2009

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The Summer of Death brings us its latest victim, writer Dominick Dunne.

Dunne passed away in his Manhattan home at the age of 83 from bladder cancer. Best known for his coverage of celebrity trials, most notably that of OJ Simpson, Dunne was also a celebrated author who wrote several best-sellers, including “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,” “An Inconvenient Woman”, “A Season in Purgatory,” and his memoirs “The Way We Lived Then: Recollections of a Well-Known Name Dropper.”

After losing greats like Dunne and Ted Kennedy all in a 24 hour span, I don’t know if my heart can take much more. Here’s hoping we make it through the next week without another American icon leaving us.



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