Best-selling US writer Dominick Dunne has died aged¹ 83 after losing his battle with bladder cancer, his actor son Griffin Dunne has confirmed.

美国畅销书作者Dominick Dunne的演员儿子Griffin Dunne证实道，Dunne在与膀胱癌的斗争中失利而逝世，享年83岁。

Dunne covered the trial of the man who murdered his daughter

Dunne was best known for writing about shocking crimes among the rich and famous for US magazine Vanity Fair.

He joined the publication in 1984 and covered mainly celebrity² court cases, including former sports star OJ Simpson's murder trial.

His best-selling book Another City, Not My Own was about the case.

His first article for Vanity Fair was about the trial of the man who murdered his daughter Dominique.

She was strangled（勒死，窒息） in 1982 by her ex-boyfriend John Sweeney, shortly after she had completed her first movie, Poltergeist, at the age of 22.

Feature films

Dunne began his career in New York City as the stage manager of The Howdy Doody Show, but soon moved on.

He later became the executive producer of the TV series Adventures in Paradise.

Soon after he started producing feature films, including The Boys in the Band, Panic in Needle Park, Play It as It Lays and Ash Wednesday.

He stopped writing for Vanity Fair to concentrate on his forthcoming novel, Too Much Money, which is expected to come out in December. A DVD about his life entitled After the Party is also due for release.

In addition to his son Griffin, Dunne is survived by another son, Alex, and a granddaughter, Hannah.