Maurizio Gucci son of Rodolfo Gucci, was an Italian

Italy

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 businessman, and the former head of the famous Gucci

Gucci

The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci , is an Italian fashion and leather goods label, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French company PPR...

 fashion house. He went on to sell his stock in Gucci

Gucci

The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci , is an Italian fashion and leather goods label, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French company PPR...

 in 1993 for $170 million to the Bahrain-based investment group, Investcorp

Investcorp

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. In 1995, a year and a half after the sale of Gucci, he was gunned down by a hired hit man. His ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani

Patrizia Reggiani

Patrizia Reggiani is the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci. During the 1980s while she was married to Maurizio Gucci, she was a wealthy Italian socialite and high fashion personality...

 was later convicted of arranging the killing.

External links

• http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/dunne/episodes/crime_of_fashion.htmlCourt TV
  Court TV
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  ]'s Dominick Dunne: Power, Privilege, & Justice series episode about Maurizio Gucci