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Fashion icon and former editor-at-large ofVogueAndre Leon Talleyhas died at age 73, according toTMZ.

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He passed away on Tuesday in White Plains, New York.

Talley eventually was promoted to creative director and advocated formore Black models on the runaway.

andre leon talley, 1984.photo by andy warhol pic.twitter.com/V4mXaD1mLc

Fashions elegant giant has fallen.

Emancipated from the troubles of this world.