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Iconic investigative journalist Dunne loses battle to cancer
By: Kiki Ryan
08/26/09 5:05 PM EDT
Writer and investigative journalist Dominick Dunne passed away Tuesday night at his home in New York City after a two year battle with bladder cancer, reports the New York Social Diary. Washington insiders close to the Vanity Fair writer are confirming the news that he has indeed passed away.
Close friend David Patrick Columbia writes this on the late journalist:
"He has handled his illness with unrelenting courage. He has not allowed it to hinder his daily life for a moment more than required. When he was feeling his worst, if you happened to call him to inquire about his health, he’d say: “don’t ask me about that, tell me a good story.” Story. The dish. Dominick loved that; it was his popcorn at his screening of the Great Game of Life."
Dunne passed away that same day as Senator Ed Kennedy, a member of the dynasty Dunne frequently covered throughout this career. We hear the family wanted to wait to make the announcement due to the Senator's death.
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