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Anna Wintour Speaks Out In The Wake Of André Leon Talley’s Passing

<p>Late Tuesday&comma; the unfortunate news broke that fashion icon André Leon Talley passed away at the age of 73&period; Many people have sent their condolences as they reflected on his contributions to the fashion world&period; Now Vogue&&num;8217&semi;s editor-in-chief&comma; Anna Wintour is speaking out about André&&num;8217&semi;s passing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Early Wednesday&comma; Anna&comma; who André worked alongside for many years broke her silence and spoke out in the wake of his passing&period; In a statement&comma; which was published on <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vogue&period;com&sol;article&sol;andre-leon-talley-obituary">Vogue<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Anna said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The loss of André is felt by so many of us today&colon; the designers he enthusiastically cheered on every season&comma; and who loved him for it&semi; the generations he inspired to work in the industry&comma; seeing a figure who broke boundaries while never forgetting where he started from&semi; those who knew fashion&comma; and <em>Vogue<&sol;em>&comma; simply because of him&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continued&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Not forgetting&comma; the multitude of colleagues over the years who were consistently buoyed by every new discovery of André’s&comma; which he would discuss loudly&comma; and volubly—no one could make people more excited about the most seemingly insignificant fashion details than him&period; Even his stream of colorful faxes and emails were a highly anticipated event&comma; something we all looked forward to&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anna briefly acknowledged the hardships she and André experienced in their relationship&comma; and continued&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Yet it’s the loss of André as my colleague and friend that I think of now&semi; it’s immeasurable&period; He was magnificent and erudite and wickedly funny—mercurial&comma; too&period; Like many decades-long relationships&comma; there were complicated moments&comma; but all I want to remember today&comma; all I care about&comma; is the brilliant and compassionate man who was a generous and loving friend to me and to my family for many&comma; many years&comma; and who we will all miss so much&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prior to her statement&comma; many people took to Twitter to express their disappointment of Vogue&&num;8217&semi;s delayed acknowledgment of André&&num;8217&semi;s passing after it was announced Tuesday evening&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1483801909819588609" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1483716464821428230" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1483668824003993601" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;former-vogue-editor-at-large-andre-leon-talley-has-reportedly-passed-away-at-73&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; 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