Dominick Dunne(1925-2009)

He and wife Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne (known as "Lenny," from the second syllable of her first name, Ellen) had 5 children in a marriage which lasted fifteen years: 3 daughters and 2 sons. Two daughters died in infancy, and daughter Dominique Dunne was murdered in 1982, and sons Griffin Dunne and Alex survived to mature adulthood.

When you're down and out, there's no meaner place to live than Hollywood. You can get away with your embezzlements and your lies and your murders, but you can never get away with failing.