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Kate Spade, 55, Found Dead In Apparent Suicide Kate Spade, 55, Found Dead In Apparent Suicide
Kate Spade, 55, Found Dead In Apparent Suicide Fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead in her Manhattan apartment of an apparent suicide on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. A housekeeper called authorities at 10:20 a.m. after finding Spade -- whose real name was Kate Brosnahan -- at her Park Avenue apartment. She apparently left a note, according to several reports. The Kansas City-born entrepreneur teamed up with Andy Spade, creating a company that exploded in the 1990s, establishing 175 retail stores around the world -- including 140 in the U.S.