What is Gianni Versace?
{{about|the fashion designer|his company|Versace}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox fashion designer | image = Mario Biondi (R) interviews Gianni Versace (cropped).jpg | caption = Versace in an interview with [[Mario Biondi (writer)|Mario Biondi]] in 1990 | name = Gianni Versace | birth_name = Giovanni Maria Versace | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1946|12|2}} | birth_place = [[Reggio Calabria]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1997|7|15|1946|12|2}} | death_place = [[Miami Beach, Florida]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Murder]] by [[gunshot]]s | resting_place = Near [[Cernobbio]], Italy | label_name = [[Versace]] | occupation = Fashion designer | partner = [[Antonio D'Amico]] (1982–1997) | relatives = {{ubl|[[Santo Versace]] (brother)|[[Donatella Versace]] (sister)|[[Allegra Versace]] (niece)}} | website = {{URL|versace.com}} }} '''Gianni Versace''' ([[Reggio Calabria]], 2 December 1946 – [[Miami Beach, Florida]], 15 July 1997) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[fashion]] [[designer]] and founder of [[Versace]], an [[international]] fashion house. The fashion house also produces accessories, [[perfume|fragrances]], [[makeup]] and home furnishings as well as clothes. Versaci also designed costumes for the theatre and movies, and was a friend of [[Elton John]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], and [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] among many others. Openly [[gay]], Versace and his partner [[Antonio D'Amico]] were regulars on the international party scene. On July 15, 1997, he was murdered outside his Miami Beach home, the former Casa Casuarina,<ref>Now known as [http://www.thevillabybartong.com The Villa By Barton G.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830055045/http://thevillabybartong.com/ |date=2012-08-30 }}</ref> at the age of 50 by [[serial killer|spree killer]] [[Andrew Cunanan]]. ==Death== [[File:gianni versace miami home.JPG|thumb