André Leon Talley

André Leon Talley (October 16, 1948 – January 18, 2022) was an American fashion journalist. He was the creative director and American editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. He was the magazine's fashion news director from 1983 to 1987 and then its creative director from 1988 to 1995. He was openly gay.Fashion icon André Leon Talley reflects on life as black, gay man

In 2007, Talley was ranked 45th in Out magazine's "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America".Oxfield, Jesse; Michael Idov (March 4, 2007), "‘Out’ Ranks the Top 50 Gays; Anderson Is No. 2", New York Magazine. 

Talley died at a hospital in White Plains, New York from a heart attack caused by COVID-19 on January 18, 2022, at the age of 73.André Leon Talley, former Vogue editor and fashion icon, dies of COVID complications at age 73

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