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(Tuesday, July 15, 1997, 8:45 a.m. EDT) — Gianni Versace, the fashion designer who rejuvenated the industry by tapping the energy of popular culture, was shot to death this morning as he opened the gate of his palatial Miami Beach home, the former Casa Casuarina now known as “The Villa.” He was 50.

Suspected gunman Andrew Phillip Cunanan, 27, was found dead eight days later, a suicide.

Investigators believed Cunanan killed four other victims before Versace in a cross-country spree that began the previous March.

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