Death of Frans Molenaar

January 9, 2015
Amsterdam, Then Netherlands

Dutch fashion designer dies at age 74
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The Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Frans Molenaar, a versatile Dutch fashion designer whose clothes graced catwalk models, royalty and garbage men, has died at age 74.

Molenaar's design house says he died in an Amsterdam hospital on Friday following a fall at his home Dec. 22.

Fellow designer Mart Visser told national broadcaster NPO Radio 1 on Monday that Molenaar was a pioneer in the Dutch fashion world known for his "architectural style" of clothes.

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