Sunny von Bulow dies

Sunny von Bulow died on December 6, 2008 after spending 28 years in a coma allegedly induced by insulin injections given to her by her husband, Claus von Bulow, who was twice acquitted of the charges in the 1980s. 

As reported in Von Bulow dies after 28-year coma, BBC News, Dec. 6, 2008:

The events were turned into a 1990 Hollywood film, Reversal of Fortune.

Starring Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons, the film was based on a book by Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard lawyer who defended Claus von Bulow at his second trial.* * *

[In 1987] he agreed to divorce his wife and give up claims to her fortune of up to $40m, as well as the $120,000-a-year trust fund she had established for him.

Claus von Bulow currently lives in London, where he writes book reviews.

Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.