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Issey Miyake, Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84
TOKYO — Issey Miyake, the Japanese designer famed for his pleated style of clothing and cult perfumes, and whose name became a global byword for cutting-edge fashion in the 1980s, died in Tokyo on Aug. 5. He was 84. The death was announced on Tuesday by the Miyake Design Studio, which said the cause was…
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Austrian Conductor Dies After Collapsing Onstage in Munich
“He took this Central German theater in Essen and he turned it, in 17 years, into one of the best ensemble houses in Europe, and he turned the Essen Philharmonic into an absolute A-grade orchestra,” the Australian opera director Barrie Kosky, who collaborated with Mr. Soltesz on four productions at the Aalto Theater in the…
