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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:06 PM Original message |
Society crime writer Dominick Dunne, dies at 83 |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. oh no.. he will be missed n/t k&r |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. He annoyed me. Rather like George Burns without the twinkle. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Or Truman Capote without the talent |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Or Leslie Jordan without the Tammy Wynette outfit. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Or Joan Rivers without the plastic. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. He was often a shameless rumor monger. nt |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I read several of his books and really enjoyed them |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. he had a good life |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have been missing him in Vanity Fair |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. i've read most of his stuff, fiction and non-fiction |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. I enjoyed his writing too |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. He was a prissy moralizer but sometimes his moralizing had positive results |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wow, he must have taken the news of Ted Kennedy's death really hard. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. He loathed the Kennedys. n/t |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That's odd. As a true crime writer you would think he would be extremely fascinated by them. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wondered why I hadn't seen much of him in print lately... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. RIP Mr. Dunne. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. farewell Nick |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I lost faith in him |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. His reporting was a mixed bag, in my opinion. |
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judesedit (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. I liked him and I loved his voice |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wow, two deaths on the same day!! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. He was the only one who I could stand to listen to about OJ |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. He wrote a great book about the OJ trial |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. & the ex-bf only served 3 years |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. That was the oldest daughter in Poltergeist, she was |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Dunne was Scum! |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. welcome to DU- I guess |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Go overboard much? |
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Adam Kirur (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. I ain't gonna do no cryin' over..... |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. RIP Nick |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. as this thread is already full of all kinds of heretical stuff, considering it is an obit |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. I'm an atheist |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. RIP Mr. Dunne |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Olbermann pointed out tonight that |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. What an amazing coincidence |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes but if the media we have now existed then, |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. He was a great writer. He made everything sound fascinating. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. I read all of his novels. They were fun. It did seem that his writing style was Capote inspired. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Dominick Dunne, author and former Hollywood producer, dies at 83 |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I loved his down to earth manner, while talking about Tripping and Origies.RIP |
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Joanie Baloney (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Posted yesterday |
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