The man who held the Edmund L. Pearson Chair at Vanity Fair and who hobnobbed and reported on the rich and bloody has passed away at 83. The Chicago Sun-Times has details as does the Telegraph, and Vanity Fair has written a nineteen-page obituary. We are left with the genius's archive of treasures.
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How sad. I never watched the news yesterday but I did a watch "Dominick Dunne Power, Privilege and Justice" marathon last night. Guess thats why they were running it. May he rest in peace now thats he's with his daughter Dominique again.
Posted by: Cheryl | August 29, 2009 at 01:12 PM