History
Actress Lana Turner was one of the many famous faces who embraced Dominick when he first made Hollywood his home in the mid-1950s. His timing was impeccable; a few short years after the Dunnes moved to Los Angeles, Lana Turner was caught up in the scandalous killing of her gangster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato.
Sources:
The Way We Lived Then: Recollections of a Well-Known Name Dropper, by Dominick Dunne (amazon.com)
Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations, by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner (amazon.com)
Lana: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth, by Lana Turner (amazon.com)
LANA: The Memories, the Myths, the Movies, by Cheryl Crane and Cindy De La Hoz (amazon.com)
Detour: A Hollywood Story, by Cheryl Crane and Cliff Jahr (amazon.com)
Blonde Ambition, by Dominick Dunne (vanityfair.com)
Intimate Partner Violence Resources
If you are suffering with intimate partner abuse, here are resources for different countries. Please ask for help:
- US Crisis Text Line: 741741
- US National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
- UK Domestic Abuse Hotline: 0808 2000 247
- Australia Rape & Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.1800respect.org.au or 1800 RESPECT
- Canada: http://thelifelinecanada.ca./help/call/
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