At Versace’s funeral in Milan Italy a week after his death, celebrity mourners included Elton John, Georgio Armani and Princess Diana; one month before her own death in Paris.
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But Versace, then 50, was never to enjoy another day. On his return home, as he fiddled with the lock on the front gates of his palatial, art deco mansion, a stranger in a white shirt and grey shorts approached — and gunned him down with two close-range shots to the head and neck.
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In the mid to late 1980s — as Versace’s business expanded — Trovato, fond of designer suits and Ferraris, moved from Calabria to Milan, where Versace was then working and living. Trovato posed as a successful restaurateur and was a regular fixture at parties attended by Versace and the Milan fashion crowd.
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The disclosures, which have infuriated Versace’s surviving brother and sister, Santo and Donatella — who now run the fashion empire — are contained in a book about the mafia by Gianluigi Nuzzi, a respected Italian investigative journalist.
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MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) — Exactly 17 years ago today, famed fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death outside his Miami Beach mansion in a murder that stunned not only South Florida but the entire world.
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But now, 13 years later, the colourful life and death of Gianni Versace has taken a remarkable new twist amid sensational allegations that the designer to the stars was the victim of a mafia contract killing.
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Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace fiercely guarded a dark secret until he was murdered on his Miami doorstep by serial killer Andrew Cunanan: He had been diagnosed as HIV-positive.
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Associates of Versace told Monte that the designer, who by the time of his death had homes all over the world and was worth around £840million, was contemplating going public about the Mafia pressure on him — a guarantee of a death warrant from the mob.
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Versace was shot to death by serial killer Andrew Cunanan, after the Italian designer returned home from eating breakfast three blocks away at the News Cafe. café
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7/15/97 – Blood on the steps of Gianni Versace’s Ocean Drive mansion in Miami Beach. Randy Bazemore/Miami Herald Staff– (Permission to republish provided by the Miami Herald Media Co.). Andrew Cunanan, Casa Casuarina, Crime, Fashion Designer, Gianni Versace, Versace Murder.
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where did versace die
Versace died in Miami. The versace died in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.