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Passings 2007: Art & Design

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/ Art & Design

Iwao Takamoto, 81

Animator who created Scooby-Doo. Jan. 8.
Adolf Frohner, 72

A leading Austrian abstract painter with an
international following Jan. 24
Sol LeWitt, 78

Influential abstract painter, sculptor. April 8.
Brant Parker, 86

Illustrated "The Wizard of Id" comic strip. April 15.
Isabella Blow, 48

Vibrant guru of British fashion scene. May 7.
Liz Claiborne, 78

Her fashion designs became a cornerstone of career women's wardrobes. June 26.
Gianfranco Ferre, 62

Italian designer known as "architect of fashion." June 17. |
Buck Brown, 71

Cartoonist; created Playboy's naughty "Granny." July 2.
Ernest Withers, 85

Photographer who documented black history from Beale Street blues to the civil rights movement. Oct. 15.
R.B. Kitaj, 74

A key figure in the British Pop Art movement. Oct. 21.
Passings 2007

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