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Iris Apfel, Colorful Fashion Icon, Dead at 102
The so-called “geriatric starlet” was the subject of a 2014 documentary by Albert Maysles.
A spokesman for her estate also confirmed to the New York Times that she died in her home in Palm Beach, Florida, and Apfel’s official Instagram account also announced the news in a Friday post. Born in Astoria in Queens, New York in 1921, Apfel became a collector at age 12 in a Greenwich Village basement, where she haggled for a brooch that became the first of countless pieces she acquired throughout her life. Apfel’s stacked resume also includes jobs as a textile guru, visiting professor, brand ambassador, and social media star.
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