Death of Arnold Scaasi

May 8, 1930 - August 3, 2015
New York, New York | Age 85

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Fashion designer Arnold Scaasi, whose flamboyant creations adorned presidents' wives, movie stars and socialites, has died. He was 85.

By JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Arnold Scaasi, whose bright, flamboyant creations adorned first ladies from Mamie Eisenhower to Laura Bush and film stars from Elizabeth Taylor to Barbra Streisand, has died. He was 85.

Scaasi died early Tuesday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital of cardiac arrest, said his...

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