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FASHION JOURNALIST ANDRE LEON TALLEY DIES AGED 73

FASHION JOURNALIST ANDRE LEON TALLEY DIES AGED 73
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Lisa Mugo

Fashion pressman Andre Leon Tally  and former creative director of US Vogue who worked under Anna Wintour died on Tuesday at White Planes, New York.

The 73-year-old’s literary agent Dave Vigliano confirmed that the journalist was ailing in hospital when he died but the cause of his illness is yet to be established. 

Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley /Courtesy/

Talley will leave a mark in the fashion world as his career spanned six decades. Not only will he be remembered as a fashion powerhouse, but also as the man who pushed for more people of colour to be included in fashion runways.

His death has gutted many people including his long-term friend and designer Diane von Furstenberg who wrote a tribute to him.

 “Goodbye darling André … no one saw the world in a more glamorous way than you did,” she wrote. 

Diane Von Frustenberg and Andre Leon Tally /Courtesy/
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