Series Review

True-crime series about Versace's murder will keep you hooked

With the account of the assassination of designer Gianni Versace, 'American Crime Story' continues to deliver

11 February 2018 - 00:00 By tymon smith

The death of Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was one of the key moments of the '90s. Newspapers and magazines splashed photos of Versace's opulent South Beach Miami mansion across their pages and everyone who was anyone was photographed draped in black and shedding tears at his funeral - from Elton John to Princess Diana.
It's no surprise then that show creator Ryan Murphy, who loves a juicy tabloid tale, chose Versace's death at the hands of serial killer Andrew Cunanan as the material for the second season of his anthology series American Crime Story...

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