Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead; NY police confirm suicide | Lifestyle.INQ

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Kate Spade and Michael Kors
In this photo, taken on April 22, 2004, Kate Spade and Michael Kors pose in Queens, New York. Spade, one of the biggest names in American fashion, was found dead on June 5, 2018, in New York after apparently committing suicide, police said. (Photo by ZACK SECKLER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Kate Spade and Michael Kors
In this photo, taken on April 22, 2004, Kate Spade and Michael Kors pose in Queens, New York. Spade, one of the biggest names in American fashion, was found dead on June 5, 2018, in New York after apparently committing suicide, police said. (Photo by ZACK SECKLER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

NEW YORK — Designer Kate Spade, one of the biggest names in American fashion, was found dead Tuesday in New York after apparently committing suicide, police said. She was 55.

Celebrity website TMZ said the designer – especially known for her sleek handbags – and former editor of Mademoiselle magazine hanged herself in her Park Avenue apartment.

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