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What happened Legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie dies at 87.
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Left / center-left Bob Mackie, fashion designer for the stars, dies at 87 The Hindu · Center-left · News report
Center Legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie dies at 87 The Times of India · Center · News report
Right / center-right Fashion designer Bob Mackie who worked for Marilyn Monroe, Cher and Diana Ross, dies at 87 Daily Mail · Center-right · News report
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Legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie dies at 87 Legendary fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie has died at 87, with the news confirmed on his official social media accounts. Known for his dazzling creations for Cher, Diana Ross and Ca...
Open source Bob Mackie, who dressed stars from Cher to Whoopi Goldberg and Pink, dies at 87 Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s – including putting Carol Burnett in some of her kookiest get-ups and Cher in her r...
Open source Fashion designer Bob Mackie who worked for Marilyn Monroe, Cher and Diana Ross, dies at 87 The Los Angeles native also worked with Carol Burnett, Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, Ann-Margret and Bette Midler.
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Center-left Mostly Factual Bob Mackie, fashion designer for the stars, dies at 87 He received Academy Award nominations for costumes worn in the films “Lady Sings the Blues,” “Funny Lady,” and “Pennies From Heaven”
Open source Bob Mackie, fashion designer to the stars, dies aged 87 A statement on Mackie’s social media said the American designer’s “genius and extraordinary designs will live on forever, continuing to bring beauty into this world”.
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Center-left Mostly Factual Bob Mackie, fashion designer to the stars, dies aged 87 A statement on Mackie’s social media said the American designer’s “genius and extraordinary designs will live on forever, continuing to bring beauty into this world”.
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Center-left Mostly Factual Bob Mackie, Designer to Divas, Dies at 87 His signature gowns were loud, sequined, and flashy, and he liked it that way.
Open source Bob Mackie, designer to the stars who dressed Cher and Marilyn and defined '70s glamour, dies at 87 Open source Bob Mackie’s most iconic celebrity looks over the years, from Cher to Carol Burnett Few fashion designers understood the power of a showstopping look like Mackie, who died Monday at the age of 87.
Open source RIP: Bob Mackie, Renowned Fashion Designer to Cher, Tina Turner, Carol Burnett and More, Dies at 87 Bob Mackie, Renowned Fashion Designer to Cher, Tina Turner, Carol Burnett and More, Dies at 87.
Open source Iconic designer Bob Mackie dies at 87. See photos of legendary stars he dressed. Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
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