Murder of Roseann Quinn
Roseann Quinn | |
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Roseann Quinn, early adulthood, undated | |
| Born | November 17, 1944 |
| Died | January 2, 1973 (aged 28) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery, Morris County, New Jersey, U.S. 40°52′56″N 74°34′43″W / 40.88220°N 74.57860°W (approximate) |
| Occupation | Primary schoolteacher |
| Known for | Murder Victim, Subject of Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
Roseann M. Quinn (November 17, 1944 – January 2, 1973) was an American schoolteacher in New York City who was stabbed to death in 1973 by a man she had met at a bar. Her murder inspired Judith Rossner's best-selling 1975 novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar, which was adapted into a 1977 film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Diane Keaton, and the television film, Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer, released in 1983. Quinn's murder also inspired the 1977 account Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder by New York Times journalist Lacey Fosburgh. The case was the subject of a Season 3 episode 2 of Investigation Discovery's series A Crime to Remember in 2015 ("Last Night Stand").