Deaths (Obituaries)

November 18, 2017
Published by VANESSA FRIEDMAN at November 18, 2017
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Azzedine Alaïa, Fashion’s Most Independent Designer, Is Dead at 82

Advertisement Azzedine Alaïa, one of the greatest and most uncompromising designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died in Paris. He was 82. The cause […]
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November 12, 2017
Published by ROBERT D. McFADDEN at November 12, 2017
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Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94

Liz Smith, the longtime queen of New York’s tabloid gossip columns, who for more than three decades chronicled little triumphs and trespasses in the soap-opera lives […]
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July 20, 2017
Published by ENID NEMY at July 20, 2017
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Kenneth Jay Lane, Jewelry Designer Who Made a Fortune Faking It, Dies at 85

Kenneth Jay Lane, the designer and bon vivant who built a global business from glittering acts of unabashed deception, producing fake and junk jewelry — or, […]
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July 13, 2017
Published by AMISHA PADNANI at July 13, 2017
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Meechy Monroe, a YouTube Star for Her Natural Hair Lessons, Dies at 32

Meechy Monroe, who achieved YouTube fame with hairstyle tutorials that empowered black women to embrace the so-called natural hair movement and forgo harsh chemicals, died June […]
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July 11, 2017
Published by RICHARD SANDOMIR at July 11, 2017
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Elsa Martinelli, Italian Model and Actress, Dies at 82

Elsa Martinelli, an Italian fashion model turned actress whose Hollywood career included roles opposite Kirk Douglas in “The Indian Fighter” and John Wayne in “Hatari!,” died […]
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March 25, 2017
Published by JACOB BERNSTEIN at March 25, 2017
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Postscript: When David Rockefeller Met Brooke Astor: The Ultimate New York Power Couple

At the Museum of Modern Art’s annual spring benefit last June, Helen Mirren could be spotted near one of the artists being honored that night, Brice […]
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March 13, 2017
Published by SAM ROBERTS at March 13, 2017
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Children’s Author and Filmmaker, Dies at 51

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a prolific children’s book author, memoirist and public speaker who, dying of cancer, found an extraordinarily large readership this month with a column […]
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March 1, 2017
Published by WILLIAM GRIMES at March 1, 2017
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Emmanuelle Khanh, Who Reinvigorated French Fashion, Dies at 79

Emmanuelle Khanh, who reinvigorated French fashion in the early 1960s with quirky, fluid clothes intended for young, active women, died on Feb. 17 at her home […]
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December 28, 2016
Published by Grandfather_Clocks at December 28, 2016
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Willa Kim, Designer of Fanciful Costumes, Dies at 99

Willa Kim, the petite and unfailingly elegant theatrical costume designer whose exuberant, sometimes over-the-top designs brought her two Tony Awards and a solid reputation for innovation […]
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August 25, 2016
Published by Grandfather_Clocks at August 25, 2016
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Sonia Rykiel, Fashion Designer for the ‘Fragile, but Strong,’ Dies at 86

Sonia Rykiel, the Paris fashion designer who planted her contrarian flag on the Left Bank in the 1960s, flouted haute couture conventions and created chic ready-to-wear […]
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