Sunny von Bülow
Sunny von Bülow (born September 1, 1932 in Manassas , Virginia , † December 6, 2008 in New York City ; actually Martha Sharp Crawford von Bülow ) was an American heiress who achieved worldwide fame in the early 1980s after her then husband Claus von Bülow was accused of two attempts to murder her. Sunny von Bülow had been in a coma since December 1980 .
biography
As the only child of the magnate George Crawford and his wife Annie-Laurie geb. Warmack inherited several million US dollars from the death of her father at the age of four. In 1957 she married the Austrian Alfred "Alfie" Auersperg (1936–1992) as her first marriage . From this marriage, which was divorced in 1965, she had two children, Annie-Laurie (called "Ala") and Alexander Georg. On June 6, 1966, Sunny married Claus von Bülow. In 1967 their daughter Cosima von Bülow was born.
In December 1980, Sunny fell into a coma for ultimately unknown reasons. Their children from their first marriage accused stepfather Claus von Bülow of wanting to kill his wife with an insulin injection. Von Bülow was indicted, found guilty in a first trial in 1982 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. In a second trial in 1985, he was acquitted on all counts.
On December 6, 2008, Sunny von Bülow died after 28 years in a coma.
filming
Alan M. Dershowitz wrote the book Reversal of Fortune. Inside the von Bülow case (1985; Ger. Die Affäre der Sunny von B. Der Von-Bülow-Scandal , 1990), which under the title Reversal of Fortune (German: Die Affäre der Sunny von B. ) with Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close starred in 1990.
Web links
- Susanne Rabsahl: 09/01/1932 - Birthday of the millionaire heiress Sunny von Bülow WDR ZeitZeichen (podcast).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bülow, Sunny von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bülow, Martha Sharp Crawford von (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American heiress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manassas , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 2008 |
| Place of death | New York City |