American Heiress, Socialite, and Philanthropist. Her husband, Claus von Bülow, was convicted of twice attempting her murder by insulin overdose, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. A second trial found him not guilty, after experts opined that there was no insulin injection and that her symptoms were attributable to over-use of prescription drugs. The story was dramatized in the book and movie, Reversal of Fortune. Sunny von Bulow continued to live almost 28 years in a persistent vegetative state until her death in a New York nursing home.
American Heiress, Socialite, and Philanthropist. Her husband, Claus von Bülow, was convicted of twice attempting her murder by insulin overdose, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. A second trial found him not guilty, after experts opined that there was no insulin injection and that her symptoms were attributable to over-use of prescription drugs. The story was dramatized in the book and movie, Reversal of Fortune. Sunny von Bulow continued to live almost 28 years in a persistent vegetative state until her death in a New York nursing home.
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