Kate Spade death, fashion designer, an apparent suicide

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Kate Spade, a renowned fashion designer was found dead in her New York apartment, apparently suicide  police said.

For how long Spade is dead is still unclear. An autopsy will be perform to determine the time of her death by the medicals.

Dermot Shea, the NYPD's chief detectives said that while investigators were still in the early stages of their inquiry,  though the state of the apartment and note points suicide.

The news of her death has shocked the fashion world and led to an outpouring of tributes from her fans.

Kate Spade a fashion designer and business woman  was born in 1962 in Kansas city, Missouri.