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In Memoriam: Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, 84

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Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake speaking at a press conference in Tokyo in March 2016. Miyake died on August 5 at the age of 84. Image courtesy of WikiMedia Commons, photo credit Hsinhuei Chiou. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International license.

TOKYO (AP) – Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan’s biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ black turtlenecks, has died. He was 84. Miyake died August 5 of liver cancer, the Miyake Design Office said on August 9.

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Nichelle Nichols, shown speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon in May 2013. The original ‘Star Trek’ cast member died July 30 at the age of 89. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Gage Skidmore. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

In Memoriam: Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ 89

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Nichelle Nichols, shown speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon in May 2013. The original ‘Star Trek’ cast member died July 30 at the age of 89. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Gage Skidmore. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Nichelle Nichols, shown speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon in May 2013. The original ‘Star Trek’ cast member died July 30 at the age of 89. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Gage Skidmore. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek television series, has died at the age of 89.

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Actor Paul Sorvino, photographed at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Best known for his roles in the film ‘Goodfellas’ and the television series ‘Law & Order,’ he died on July 25 at the age of 83. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit David Shankbone. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

In Memoriam: ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino, 83

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Actor Paul Sorvino, photographed at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Best known for his roles in the film ‘Goodfellas’ and the television series ‘Law & Order,’ he died on July 25 at the age of 83. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit David Shankbone. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Actor Paul Sorvino, photographed at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Best known for his roles in the film ‘Goodfellas’ and the television series ‘Law & Order,’ he died on July 25 at the age of 83. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit David Shankbone. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops such as Paulie Cicero in Goodfellas and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerreta on Law & Order, has died. He was 83. His publicist Roger Neal said he died July 25 of natural causes at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Sorvino had dealt with health issues during the past few years.

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An untitled acrylic on canvas painted in 2013 by Carmen Herrera sold for $95,000 plus the buyer’s premium in November 2021. Herrera died in at her Manhattan home on February 12. She was 106. Image courtesy of Rago Arts and Auction Center and LiveAuctioneers

Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born abstract artist, dies at 106

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An untitled acrylic on canvas painted in 2013 by Carmen Herrera sold for $95,000 plus the buyer’s premium in November 2021. Herrera died in at her Manhattan home on February 12. She was 106. Image courtesy of Rago Arts and Auction Center and LiveAuctioneers

An untitled acrylic on canvas painted in 2013 by Carmen Herrera sold for $95,000 plus the buyer’s premium in November 2021. Herrera died in at her Manhattan home on February 12. She was 106. Image courtesy of Rago Arts and Auction Center and LiveAuctioneers

NEW YORK (AP) – Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera, whose radiant color and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice, has died. She was 106.

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In Memoriam: Chuck Close, artist of monumental grids, 81

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Artist Chuck Close, second from left, in 2009 at the PaceWildenstein gallery debut of his tapestry portrait of actor Brad Pitt. Close died August 19 at the age of 81. Also pictured, left to right, are Michael Danoff, Donald Farnsworth and Pitt. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Sotolux, shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Artist Chuck Close, second from left, in 2009 at the PaceWildenstein gallery debut of his tapestry portrait of actor Brad Pitt. Close died August 19 at age 81. Also pictured, left to right, are Michael Danoff, Donald Farnsworth and Pitt. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Sotolux, shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

NEW YORK (AP) – Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died. He was 81. His attorney, John Silberman, said Close died August 19 at a hospital in Oceanside, New York. He did not give a cause of death.
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