The Mysterious Murder of Greg Fleniken; Audrey Hepburn’s Dolce Vita; Andy Warhol’s Paradox

A special delivery from the Vanity Fair Archive View in your browser | Update your preferences     Spend the weekend with a few of the personalities in the Vanity Fair Archive, from Audrey Hepburn to Andy Warhol.   The Last Icon Since ascending the throne as a youthful beauty 70 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II has presided over epic change, commanded the ear of 14 prime ministers, and won the praise of world leaders from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan. William Shawcross explored the heart of this unique woman: her triumphs, her sorrows, and her enduring power to inspire a nation. R E A D  M O R E »     The Body in Room 348 The corpse at the Eleganté Hotel stymied the Beaumont, Texas, police. They could find no motive for the killing of popular oil-and-gas man Greg Fleniken—and no explanation for how he had received his strange internal injuries. Bent on tracking down his killer, Fleniken's widow, Susie, turned to private investigator Ken Brennan, the subject of a previous Vanity Fair story. Once again, as Mark Bowden reported, it was Brennan's sleuthing that cracked the case. R E A D  M O R E »     Audrey's Dolce Vita With Roman Holiday, which earned her the 1953 best-actress Oscar, Audrey Hepburn became not just a major Hollywood star but also a living icon for the Eternal City. Alongside intimate photographs from his 2013 book, Audrey in Rome, Luca Dotti recalled his mother's three-decade love affair with the Italian capital, while Laura Jacobs examined what the images revealed about her style. R E A D  M O R E »     The Secret Warhol: At Home With the Silver Shadow Even after Andy Warhol's strange death there were enigmatic surprises. During his lifetime the doors of the artist's town house were closed to all but his very few intimates. Vanity Fair has opened them—and discovered the astonishing paradox of a Pope of Pop who lived like the elder Mrs. Grenville. R E A D  M O R E »     A Star's Wars In 1998, after 10 movies, including Trainspotting and Velvet Goldmine, Ewan McGregor looked like the biggest actor to come out of Scotland since Sean Connery. In the comically unshowbiz surroundings of McGregor's cramped London home and grimy local pub, Zoë Heller got an earful about how the then 27-year-old star reconciled his disdain for Hollywood with his role in George Lucas's Star Wars prequel. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.