The Son Who Tried to Get His Father a Front Page Obituatry in the NY Times

Griffin Dunne writes in New York Magazine about his father's love for the obituaries in the New York Times, which he considered the ultimate imprimateur of a life of meaning and significance. Dunne's father was writer Dominick Dunne, and his best-selling memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club, tells the story of his family, including his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne. When his father was dying at the same time as a world-famous politician, Griffin tried to keep his father's death from the paper until the next day. It did not work out the way he hoped, and this is that story.