Story of his two sensational US trials in 1980s was made into film starring Jeremy IronsClaus von Bülow, the British society figure convicted and later acquitted of killing his wife, has died aged 92. Bülow, who was born in Copenhagen, was convicted in 1982 of attempting to murder his rich American wife Sunny by giving her an overdose of insulin. Riccardo Pavoncelli, his son-in-law, confirmed to the New York Times that Bülow died at his home in London on Saturday. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Claus von Bülow. The film, for which Irons won an Oscar, was based on a book by Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz who devised the appeal that led to the second trial.

Source: The Guardian May 30, 2019 23:24 UTC