The Assassination of Gianni Versace
by Maureen Orth
appears in True Crime, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
The inspiration for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, the second season of FX's Emmywinning FX seriesTwo months before Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by Andrew Cunanan, awardwinning journalist Maureen Orth was investigating a major story on the serial killer for Vanity Fair. Culled fro...
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