Sunny von Bülow
Sunny von Bülow | |
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| Born | Martha Sharp Crawford September 1, 1932 Manassas, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 2008 (aged 76) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Socialite |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3, including Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli |
| Father | George Crawford |
Martha Sharp "Sunny" von Bülow (née Crawford; September 1, 1932 − December 6, 2008) was an American heiress and socialite. Her second husband, Claus von Bülow, was convicted in 1982 of attempting to murder her 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 overuse of prescription drugs. The story was dramatized in the book and film Reversal of Fortune. Sunny von Bülow lived almost 28 years in a persistent vegetative state, from December 1980 until her death in a New York City nursing home on December 6, 2008.