Fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead in what appears to be a suicide, police confirmed to The Associated Press.
The New York Daily News reported that a housekeeper found 55-year-old Spade in her Manhattan home around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday. She was found hanging and left a note at the scene, police told AP.
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