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    Kate Spade, fashion designer, found dead in apparent suicide

    June 7, 2018 at 08:21
    Over time, she distanced herself from her business.

    New York (CNN) - Kate Brosnahan Spade, who created an iconic, accessible handbag line that bridged Main Street and high-end fashion, hanged herself in an apparent suicide Tuesday at her Manhattan apartment, according to New York Police Department sources.

    Police responded at 10:10 a.m. after Spade was found by her housekeeper, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said. A suicide note was found at the scene, he said. Spade addressed her daughter in the note, according to two NYPD sources. Spade's husband also is referenced in the note, according to one of the sources.

    The designer, 55, started Kate Spade New York in 1993 and opened her first shop in the city three years later, the company's website states.

     
    Fashion designer Kate Spade being interviewed in her New York showroom.
    Fashion designer Kate Spade being interviewed in her New York showroom.

    "Debuting with just six silhouettes, she combined sleek, utilitarian shapes and colorful palettes in an entirely new way," the site says.Best known for its colorful handbags, Kate Spade New York has more than 140 retail shops and outlet stores across the United States and more than 175 stores internationally, the site states.

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