DOMINICK DUNNE, GONE TOO!

It is happening as if there was a flag-off in the land of the dead, to claim as many personalities here on earth-America as they could lay their hands on? Within the past few weeks, America have lost Bob Novak, Don Hewitt, Eunice Kennedy, Ted Kennedy and now Dominick Dunne!

The famed crime writer, columnist and author, joined 'the also-dead club,' today, August 26, 2009 in New York City, aged 83. His killer, bladder cancer! A native of Hartford Connecticut, Dominick was born into a wealthy Roman Catholic family and grew up in some of the same social circles as the Kennedys.

Known as a chronicler of the problems of the wealthy and powerful, Dominick wrote stories about shocking crimes among the rich and famous for Vanity Fair magazine. Some of his stories include the William Kennedy Smith rape trial in 1991, the trial of Erik and Lyle Menendez accused of murdering their millionaire parents in 1993 and the OJ Simpson murders trial, among others. His other literally works include, "Another City, Not My Own," "People Like Us", "A Season in Purgatory," "An Inconvenient Woman", "The Mansions of Limbo", a memoir called "The Way We Lived Then," and a yet to be completed novel, "Too Much Money," which is billed for release next December 2009. There is also a documentary film about his life, called "After the Party!" and he once debuted a weekly program on Court TV, "Power, Privilege and Justice."

Dominick Dunne is survived by sons Dominique, Alexander and Griffin. Icheoku says, adieu Mr. Chronicler!