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The artistic director at Chanel and an icon of the global fashion industry for over half a century has died at age 85.
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Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director at Chanel and an icon of the global fashion industry for over half a century, has died, a source at the French fashion house Chanel said on Tuesday. He was 85. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
Karl Lagerfeld at the end of his Spring/Summer 2015 women's ready-to-wear collection for Chanel during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Karl Lagerfeld walks on the runway during his 2011-2012 Cruise collection show for Chanel. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Karl Lagerfeld at the end of his Fall-Winter 2011/2012 women's ready-to-wear fashion collection show for Chanel during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
France's first lady Carla Bruni chats with Karl Lagerfeld after she performed during the German television show 'Wetten dass...?' in Nuremberg, October 2008. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier
Karl Lagerfeld presents a trophy to Britney Spears during the Bambi media awards ceremony in the southwestern German town of Offenburg, November 2008. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Karl Lagerfeld at the end of the spring/summer 2009 women's ready-to-wear show for Chanel in Paris. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Karl Lagerfeld is surrounded by top models (L-R) American Cindy Crawford, Danish Helena Christensen and German Claudia Schiffer at the end of Chanel's Spring/Summer high fashion show, 1993. REUTERS/Files
Karl Lagerfeld blows a kiss to the crowd after he presented the Chanel Autumn/Winter 1994 fashion collection. REUTERS/Files
Naomi Campbell and Stella Tennant for Chanel pose with Karl Lagerfeld after he presented his Spring/Summer 1997. REUTERS/Files
Karl Lagerfeld smiles as a group of models show off the new autumn and winter fashion collection for German mail order house Quelle, after a fashion show in Leipzig, June 1997. The new collection was exclusively designed for Quelle by Karl Lagerfeld.
Fendi's Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of Fendi's collection at Milan's spring/summer ready-to-wear collection October 1997. REUTERS/Files
Karl Lagerfeld arrives for his 2011-2012 Cruise collection show for Chanel at the Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel sends kisses to the audience at the end of his Autumn/Winter 2001-2002 haute couture show. REUTERS/Files
Karl Lagerfeld appears with his models at the end of the Chanel Spring-Summer ready-to-wear women's fashion collection for 2004 in Paris. REUTERS/Files
Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges the applause at the end of Fendi's Autumn/Winter 2004 women's collection during Milan Fashion Week. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
Workers unveil a giant 1,500 square metre advertisement for Swedish fashion retailer H&M showing designer Karl Lagerfeld and U.S. model Erin Wasson on the Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin, November 2004. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Karl Lagerfeld appears with a model at the end of his Spring/Summer 2007 ready-to-wear show for Chanel in Paris. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Karl Lagerfeld appears with actress and model Lily-Rose Depp at the end of his Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2017 fashion show for Chanel in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Karl Lagerfeld at the end of his Spring/Summer 2017 women's ready-to-wear collection for Chanel during Fashion Week in Paris.REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Haute Couture Fall Winter 2015/2016 fashion show for Chanel at the Grand Palais in Paris. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Karl Lagerfeld talks with U.S. actress Kristen Stewart after the Chanel Cruise Collection 2015/16 fashion show at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for Chanel during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015 fashion show for Chanel in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Karl Lagerfeld and model Cara Delevingne appear at the end of his Fall/Winter 2014-2015 women's ready-to-wear collection show for Chanel at the Grand Palais during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe