BREAKING NEWS: Designer Alexander McQueen Commits Suicide

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Alexander McQueen has committed suicide, according to reports. "British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead after taking his own life. The 40-year-old committed suicide just three years after his close friend, Isabella Blow—who plucked him from obscurity and helped him become a star—killed herself. A source at McQueen's office this afternoon confirmed his death, saying: ‘It is a tragic loss. We are not making a comment at this time out of respect for the McQueen family.’"
· Alexander McQueen Commits Suicide [Daily Mail]
· McQueen Tributes Pour In [Telegraph]
· Alexander McQueen, Designer, Is Dead [NYTimes]
· McQueen's Death Brings Celebrity Twitter Tributes [The Mirror]
· Alexander McQueen [Wikipedia]