Poltergeist
1982
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On October 30, 1982, Dunne was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, during an argument on the driveway of her West Hollywood home. She fell into a coma and died five days later on November 4, 1982.
Dec 29, 2021 · On October 30, 1982, actress Dominique Dunne was murdered by a man who supposedly loved her (via All That's Interesting). Born into a prominent family, her father, Dominick Dunne, was a journalist and her mother, Ellen Griffin, was an heiress.
Aug 25, 2021 · John Thomas Sweeney was charged with Dominique Dunne's murder, and the case went to trial in August 1983.
Dec 22, 2021 · On October 30, 1982, Dominique Ellen Dunne was brutally strangled by John Thomas Sweeney. He only served three and a half years for the crime. Dominique Dunne had all the ingredients necessary to be a Hollywood superstar.
The actor, director and producer reflects on Dominique’s 1982 death in his new memoir ‘The Friday Afternoon Club’ Griffin Dunne doesn’t hesitate to say what he thinks of first when his ...
3 days ago · The tragic murder of young “Poltergeist” actress Dominique Dunne in 1982 nearly broke her famous family. Dunne was 22 and a rising Hollywood starlet when she was killed by her ex-boyfriend ...
In the newest episode of ‘TMZ Investigates,’ jurors in the case of John Thomas Sweeney — who strangled star Dominique Dunne to death but served just three and a half years in prison — were ...
3 days ago · Of them all, Dominique’s father’s life was most dramatically changed by her death. In 1972, Dominick Dunne had gotten himself exiled from Hollywood after making a rude comment about the ...
3 days ago · In a new memoir, Dunne writes about growing up in a family of storytellers, his complicated relationship with fame and the trauma the family experienced after the 1982 murder of his sister, Dominique.
May 9, 2024 · In October of 1982, at age 22, the actor Dominique Dunne was strangled at her home in West Hollywood by her former boyfriend, who had abused her before. She lay in a coma at Cedars-Sinai for...
