He also died of cancer, bladder cancer. Unfortunately for him, his death is overshadowed by Kennedy’s. He was a man of many careers including writer, producer and journalist. At 50 he overcame addiction to drugs and started writing. He produced many novels and eventually became a writer for Vanity Fair. His first article for Vanity Fair covered the murder trial of John Thomas Sweeney, his daughter’s boyfriend and the man who murdered her:

Dominick Dunne, a best-selling author and special correspondent for Vanity Fair, died today at his home in Manhattan. He was 83.
The cause of death was bladder cancer, said his son Griffin Dunne.
Dunne–who joined Vanity Fair in 1984 as a contributing editor and was named special correspondent in 1993–famously covered the trials of O. J. Simpson, the Menendez brothers, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith, and Phil Spector, as well as the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Prayers for his family and friends, especially his wife and two sons.
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