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Kate Spade, Fashion Designer, Dead At 55

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(Left to right) Andy Spade, CEO and Creative Director of Kate Spade, designer Kate Spade and Bobbi Brown, founder and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Worldwide, attend OPEN from American Express' "Making a Name for Yourself" at Nokia Theater, July 27, 2006 in New York City. (Matthew Peyton/Getty Images For American Express)
(Left to right) Andy Spade, CEO and Creative Director of Kate Spade, designer Kate Spade and Bobbi Brown, founder and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Worldwide, attend OPEN from American Express' "Making a Name for Yourself" at Nokia Theater, July 27, 2006 in New York City. (Matthew Peyton/Getty Images For American Express)

The New York Police Department has confirmed that the fashion designer known as Kate Spade has died at age 55. Katherine Brosnahan was unconscious and unresponsive when the police arrived. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Diana Tsui (@chupsterette), senior market editor for New York Magazine's The Cut.

This segment aired on June 5, 2018.

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