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Legendary photographer Richard Avedon passed away this morning after suffering a brain hemorrhage while on assignment for The New Yorker last week. He was 81 and his art will, of course, be dearly missed. We want to be sensitive, but we totally blame editor David Remnick. It just seems like the right thing to do.
Photographer Richard Avedon Dies At 81 [AP]