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Korea’s iconic fashion designer Andre Kim, known for his bold and elegant evening and wedding gown collections, died Thursday evening at a hospital in Seoul. He was 74.
Kim, who had been battling colon cancer, was hospitalized at Seoul National University Hospital last month after he developed pneumonia. He failed to recover and died at 7:20 p.m. Thursday, 20 days after hospitalization.
Although his health worsened from earlier this year, he took part in various events and activities.
In March, he unveiled his 2011 spring-summer collection at this year’s CHIC, Asian’s largest annual fashion exhibition held in Beijing, but rarely made public appearances since then.
Despite his weak health, he was known to have been preparing for a fashion show in China in October.
Kim always featured the nation’s top stars in his shows and received respect from the public for his frequent donations of profits to the underprivileged.
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