Gianni Versace
Italian fashion designer
Died when: 50 years 225 days (607 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace (Italian: [d?o'vanni ma'ri?a ver'sa?t?e]; 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer, socialite and businessman.
He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings and clothes. He also designed costumes for theatre and films.
As a friend of Eric Clapton, Princess Diana, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Madonna, Elton John, Tupac Shakur and many other celebrities, he was one of the first designers to link fashion to the music world.
He and his partner Antonio D'Amico were regulars on the international party scene. The place where he was born and raised, Reggio Calabria, greatly influenced his career.
On 15 July 1997, he was murdered outside his Miami Beach mansion, Casa Casuarina, by spree killer Andrew Cunanan.
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