742...Another Dead Dude

Dominick Dunne died today at the age of 83.

Reuters eulogized him in this manner:

A former Hollywood producer who turned to writing after years of battling drug and alcohol abuse, Dunne wrote five best-selling novels that centered on scandal and crime in high society.

But he gained an extra measure of fame while chronicling a series of sensational court cases that transfixed Americans during the 1980s and 1990s.

Personally I cannot think of Mr. Dunne without thinking of the fate that befell his daughter, Dominique Dunne, who was best known for her part in the film Poltergeist and was strangled in November 1982 by her boyfriend John Sweeney who served 4.5 years for his malfeasance. Mr. Dunne subsequently wrote the article "Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of his Daughter's Killer" starting his long affiliation with Vanity Fair.

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617...Do You Need A Shower?

You will after reading this. Michelle Lanz on Wonderwall, an MSN product, offers this disturbing little piece of information from the formerly famous:

Call it a case of mistaken identity or just plain gross, but Ryan O'Neal recently admitted to Vanity Fair that he accidentally hit on his estranged daughter Tatum O'Neal at Farrah Fawcett's funeral. This shocking quote, along with many others, can be found in the September issue of Vanity Fair, available on newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on August 5 and nationwide on August 11.

Um, for starters, who goes to funerals to pick up women? And then hitting on your daughter. Guess we know who is back drinking.

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