Served in World War II, earning a Bronze Star for bravery for the Battle of the Bulge

Worked as a stage manager on "The Howdy Doody Show" (NBC)

Was the associate director on "Producers' Showcase" (NBC)

Relocated to Los Angeles, to work on "Playhouse 90" (CBS)

Served as vice president at Four Star Pictures

His film, "The Panic in Needle Park," was shown at the Cannes Film Festival

Left Hollywood due to his problems with addiction, and moved to rural Oregon

Published first novel, The Winners

Wrote first article for Vanity Fair magazine, about the trial of his daughters murder, titled "Justice"

Began a long-term position with Vanity Fair magazine, as a trial reporter

Released second novel, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, based on the real-life murder of Hanover National Bank heir William Woodward in the mid-1950s

Repoted on the trial of Clas von Bulow for Vanity Fair magazine

His book was turned into a 1987 TV-movie, "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" starring Ann-Margret

Repoted on the trial of Eric and Lyle Menendez for Vanity Fair magazine

Wrote the book, An Inconvenient Woman, about the murder of Vicki Morgan, the alleged mistress of a member of Ronald Reagan’s inner circle; was later turned into a 1991 TV-movie

Penned the book, A Season in Purgatory, a fictional story closely resembling the unsolved murder of Martha Moxley; was also turned in a 1996 TV-Movie

Reported on the trial of OJ Simpson, who was charged with and later acquitted of the murders of wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman, for Vanity Fair magazine

Penned the book, Another City, Not My Own: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir, a semi-fictional account of the OJ Simpson trial

Wrote the book, The Way We Lived Then: Recollections of a Well-known Name Dropper, about the high and low points of his personal life

Reported on the disappearance of intern Chandra Levy, who was having an affair with Congressman Gary Condit, for Vanity Fair magazine

Reported on the trial of Kennedy relative Michael Skakel, who was convicted for the murder of Martha Moxley, for Vanity Fair magazine

Hosted "Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice," an American crime TV series on on truTV (formerly Court TV)

Reported on his final trial, the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson, who was convicted and sentenced to 33 years in prison on kidnapping and armed robbery charges