Deaths (Obituaries)

September 24, 2022
Published by ALEX WILLIAMS at September 24, 2022
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Roxanne Lowit, Fashion Photographer With a Backstage View, Dies at 80

Her candid shots at fashion shows captured stars of the industry as themselves and showed that the spectacle behind the curtain often rivaled the main event. […]
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September 14, 2022
Published by ALEX WILLIAMS at September 14, 2022
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Melvin Sokolsky, Surrealist Fashion Photographer, Dies at 88

Models flew over Paris or floated in a bubble in his arresting images seen in Harper’s Bazaar and other fashion bibles in the experimental ’60s. Melvin […]
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September 14, 2022
Published by RICHARD SANDOMIR at September 14, 2022
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Rommy Hunt Revson, Creator of the Scrunchy, Dies at 78

A former nightclub singer, she developed the simple ornamental hair tie that quickly became a ubiquitous accessory. Rommy Hunt Revson was renting a house in Southampton, […]
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August 31, 2022
Published by ALEX WILLIAMS at August 31, 2022
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Robert Kime, Decorator for Nobility and Other Notables, Dies at 76

A celebrated antiques lover with an understated, old-guard approach, his clients included Prince Charles and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Soon after Robert Kime redecorated Clarence House, long […]
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August 20, 2022
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at August 20, 2022
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Latisha Chong, Hair Stylist Who Helped Change Fashion, Dies at 32

In work seen, among other places, on the cover of Vogue, she was part of a vanguard of Black talent that altered an industry and expanded […]
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July 4, 2022
Published by ALEX WILLIAMS at July 4, 2022
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Kurt Markus, Photographer of Cowboys and Models, Is Dead at 75

He traveled the world and shot celebrities and fashion luminaries. But he never abandoned his roots in the open spaces of the American West. The award-winning […]
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June 30, 2022
Published by RACHEL FELDER at June 30, 2022
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Overlooked No More: Klaus Nomi, Singer With an Otherworldly Persona

His sound and look influenced everyone from Anohni to Lady Gaga. He also sang backup vocals for David Bowie. This article is part of Overlooked, a […]
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June 29, 2022
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at June 29, 2022
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Betty Rowland, One of Burlesque's Last Queens, Dies at 106

Known as “the Red Headed Ball of Fire,” she began performing at age 14, became a headliner on two coasts, and outlived most of her peers. […]
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June 23, 2022
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at June 23, 2022
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Harry Gesner, Architect of Soaring California Style, Dies at 97

His houses cantilevered from cliffs, straddled canyons and sprung from mountains; they would come to define the Southern California landscape. Harry Gesner, the dashing, surf-loving architect […]
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May 14, 2022
Published by Katharine Q. Seelye at May 14, 2022
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Carrie White, Hair Stylist to the Stars, Is Dead at 78

Her Beverly Hills salon was a party scene where she roller-skated among her glamorous clientele, including Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty. When she graduated from Hollywood […]
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