Debbie Marker, a waitress at Smith’s Family Restaurant in Georgetown, Del., greets Dominick Dunne during a lunch break amid the trial of former Walt Disney Co. President Michael Ovitz. The trial in Delaware Chancery Court stemmed from a shareholder lawsuit seeking to recover Ovitz’s severance. (Suchat Pederson / For The Times)
Dominick Dunne with his son Griffin in Las Vegas at the time of the O.J. Simpson trial there. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)
Dominick Dunne in 1990 (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)
Dominick Dunne gestures during an introduction before reading to a small group of people from his book “Justice: Crimes, Trials and Punishments” at a Beverly Hills hotel. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Dominick Dunne shows his portrait by Sacha Newley to director Billy Wilder, left, at a cocktail reception at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood for a Newley exhibition. “I told Sacha I can’t just sit there, so I just worked away, writing in my notebooks,” Dunne said of his sittings for the painting. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
