Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, founder of the Kenzo brand, died of the coronavirus, his spokesperson said on Sunday. 

Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada died Sunday from Covid-19 at the age of 81, a spokesperson said.

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The first Japanese stylist to have established himself in Paris, where he has made his entire career and made his first name famous, "Kenzo Takada passed away on Sunday October 4, 2020 at the American Hospital of Neuilly-sur-Seine from the Covid-19, "said this spokesperson in a statement.

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