Saturday, April 29, 2017

'Dateline' The murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace 1997

"Dateline" (NBC) can be seen each Friday evening at 9/8 p.m. It aired in Albuquerque, NM at 8 p.m. (central time) on KOB 4. Last night's 2-hour episode on April 28, 2017 was called, “The death of Gianni Versace.” In the overnight TV ratings it garnered 4.15 million TV viewers overall. It reached 0.8 million TV viewers in the all important 18 to 49 adult demographic (9-11 p.m.). “Hawaii Five-0" (CBS) grabbed 7.87 overall & 0.9 with adults. “Let it fall:Los Angeles 1982-1992” (ABC) nabbed 2.48 overall & 0.6 with adults (9-11 p.m.).

“Dateline” is an investigative program focusing on crime & murder in the United States. The reporter and narrator is Keith Morrison.

“The death of Gianni Versace.” It was the 1990's and Versace celebrated the female body on the fashion runway. He became a designer rock star who was openly gay. Movie stars and top female models were drawn to him. Versace retreated to Miami, Florida in 1997 and his fate would be cemented in murder. Andrew Cunanan loved the celebrity lifestyle who was also gay, but he stayed in the closet to his immediate family. He was handsome and dynamic who dated older, rich, gay men. Those “sugar daddies” bumped him up into higher social circles. Andrew worshiped Versace who had fame, money and lived a free gay life.

Andrew never worked for anything in his young life. He studied Versace closely and then found another older man who paid for everything. Andrew's life began to fall apart in 1996 after his latest “sugar daddy” dumped him. He was broke and moved to Minneapolis where he snapped from reality. Andrew began a murder spree that brought him to Miami and the home of Gianni Versace in 1997.

Watch episodes of “Dateline” streaming online at NBC. Click photos.
http://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/the-death-of-gianni-versace/3507317
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http://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/the-death-of-gianni-versace/3507317
(NBC photo. Andrew Cunanan)

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