Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of '80s and '90s, dies at 56

Patitz’s death in the Santa Barbara, California, area was confirmed by her New York agent, Corinne Nicolas, at the Model CoOp agency. Nicolas said the cause was illness, but did not have further details.

Patitz, who was born in Germany, raised in Sweden and later made her life in California, was known as part of an elite handful of “original” supermodels, appearing in the Michael video along with Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford. She was a favorite of fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, who highlighted her natural beauty in his famous 1988 photo, “White Shirts: Six Supermodels, Malibu,” and for British Vogue’s 1990 cover — leading Michael to cast the group in his lip-syncing video,The magazine quoted its global editorial director, Anna Wintour, as saying Patitz was “always the European symbol of chic, like Romy Schneider-meets-Monica Vitti.

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Die young, stay pretty... Live fast, cuz it don't last

This sentence no verb.

Was she ever denied entry into a public area or medical facility in the past 3 years?

The dying demographic now is 50-65....👀

RIP never heard of her

That's about the 10th undefined death of someone under 60 that I have read about this week.

Omg! She was my favorite. RIP 🌹 😢

what ?

This breaks my heart. From the covers, the Freedom video to her love of animals she will be missed. R.I.P.

56? 😩🙏

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