DOMINO HARVEY

'Domino Harvey' (August 7, 1969 in London – June 27, 2005) was an English celebrity daughter turned Los Angeles bounty hunter, notable within that field for being female, rebellious, and from a privileged background. Though there is speculation as to whether or not she really was a model, there are in fact photographs which show her involved in what would appear to be modeling-related work.^[1] Harvey's fame was increased posthumously by the 2005 release of a film titled simply ''Domino'' that was loosely based on her life, with Harvey portrayed by Keira Knightley.

Contents

Biography

Early years

As a bounty hunter

Death

References

External links

Biography

Early years

The daughter of Lithuanian-born actor Laurence Harvey and his third wife and widow, British fashion model Paulene Stone, she was reportedly named after Bond girl Domino Derval from the movie ''Thunderball''. However, her mother's choice of name was actually inspired by actress and former fellow model Dominique Sanda.
Domino was also the stepdaughter of Peter Morton, co-founder of the ''Hard Rock Café'', by her mother’s marriage to him in the early 1980’s.
As a child, Harvey was expelled from four schools for fighting. She claimed that she had initially followed her mother's footsteps as a Ford model before turning to more dangerous careers, but her employment with the agency has not been confirmed. She did run a London nightclub, and after moving to California at 19 or 20, worked as a San Diego ranch hand, and volunteered with the Boulevard Fire & Rescue company near the Mexican border.

As a bounty hunter

Eventually Domino began to develop an interest in bounty hunting. She was drawn to the job after seeing an advertisement in the paper for a bounty hunting seminar which was being held by veteran Ed Martinez, who would become her teacher and good friend. Harvey's mother gave her a kevlar vest for her birthday after finding out what her line of work was.
In and out of drug rehabilitation for years, on May 4, 2005, she was arrested at her home on a warrant issued in Mississippi after a federal grand jury indictment charged her and a co-defendant with conspiring to possess and distribute over a pound of methamphetamines. She was awaiting trial and under house arrest at the time of her death. She would have faced up to ten years in jail if she had been convicted.

Death

On June 27, 2005, Harvey was found dead in a bathtub in West Hollywood after she became unresponsive while talking to Peter Dice, a "sobriety guardian." Ms. Harvey had hired Dice to help control her drug use. On September 3, the Los Angeles County coroner reported that a toxicological exam determined that Harvey died from an OD of fentanyl, an extremely potent painkiller. [1] Her funeral was on July 1, 2005, and among the attendees were Tony Scott, Mickey Rourke, and Steve Jones.
A film loosely based on her life called ''Domino'' was released in October 2005. There have been tabloid reports that the ending was changed following Domino's death, and also that she had been unhappy with her portrayal in the film. The film studio has countered that she had been involved with the project with Tony Scott for nearly twelve years. Promotional featurettes for the movie include Domino on set with the cast and crew; she contributed to the songs on the soundtrack, and also attended the movie's wrap party in December 2004. Domino herself appears at the very end of the cast credits of the film. To acknowledge Domino's death, Tony Scott inserted an "In Loving Memory" title card for her at the end of the production credits.

She also appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 Keanu Reeves movie ''Constantine,'' as an angel seated at a table with a demon, who is affectionately biting her ear, during the first of two scenes at Papa Midnight's bar.
A July 22, 2005 article by the ''Los Angeles Times'' [2] quotes her uncle, Warwick Stone, as saying: "she was considering suing several publications for describing her as a lesbian and was also considering suing one of the rehab facilities." Ed Martinez also stated that she had spoken to him about wanting to create a documentary, all based completely on her true life story, partly because of the movie ''Domino'' in order to set the record straight.

References

1. New York Times, "A Lust for Life and Danger", Allison Hope Weiner, October 9, 2005

External links

★ Domino - Los Angeles Times article

★ A Lust for Life and Danger - New York Times article (registration required)

★ Model, bounty hunter, addict- The story of Domino Harvey The Times obituary of Domino Harvey 29-6-2005. Retrieved 9-12-2006

★ Edemariam, Aida She loved bringing in sleazebags The Guardian 30-6-2005. Retrieved 9-12-2006