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Designer Liz Claiborne dies at age 78

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by Anita Porterfield | June 27, 2007 at 11:37 am

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who started the namesake U.S. company Liz Claiborne Inc., has died, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday.

Claiborne, 78, was ailing from cancer and died at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Tuesday, her assistant said.

Claiborne founded the company in 1976 with her husband Art Ortenberg, a textile industry veteran, and two others, and retired in 1989.

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at 11:34 on July 3rd, 2007

Wow, I had not heard this one. Thanks for posting this Anita!

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