Designer Kate Spade found dead after apparent suicide: reports - MarketWatch
Designer Kate Spade found dead after apparent suicide: reports
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By Tonya Garcia https://www.marketwatch.com/topics/journalists/tonya-garcia
Fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead in her New York apartment after an apparent suicide, according to a CBS report <http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/06/05/kate-spade-found-dead-in-apparent-suicidek . The 55-year-old was the founder of a namesake brand, Kate Spade & Co., which is now part of the Tapestry Inc. TPR, -1.09% https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/tpr?mod=MW_story_quote portfolio, which also includes Coach and Stuart Weitzman. Tapestry, then called Coach Inc., bought Kate Spade & Co. in a $2.4 billion deal https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coach-to-buy-kate-spade-in-24-billion-deal-2017-05.08-81031117 in 2017. She has since launched another brand, Frances Valentine https://francesvalentine.com/about , alongside other founders including her husband Andy Spade.