“That Dunne had the moxie to start a new career in another city and then to do it again in a city of his own is one of the many extraordinary accomplishments in a life that was, in itself, composed of many lives,” Graydon Carter wrote of his friend and colleague. “It is fair to say that the halls of Vanity Fair will be lonelier without him and that, indeed, we will not see his like anytime soon, if ever again.”
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The young producer, on set with Diane Varsi in the 1950s.
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Engrossed in conversation with Joan Rivers at a book party.
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A regular for lunch at Michael’s in Midtown, Dunne dining here with colleagues on December 2, 2003.
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Sharing a laugh with Barbara Walters and Tim Russert at the Literacy Partners Gala at Lincoln Center in May 2004.
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Always in the center of things, Dunne sits with Patricia Clarkson and Joan Collins at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2006.
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With Diane Lane at the afterparty for a screening of Hollywoodland in Southampton in July 2006.
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Walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes with Sharon Stone in 2007.
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Posing with Richard Gere at the screening of The Hoax in New York in March, 2007.
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With O.J. Simpson during a break in Simpson’s trial in Las Vegas on September 25, 2008. Dunne was well known for his coverage of Simpson’s murder trial in 1994 and 1995.
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