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Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71

4:25 PM PDT 6/1/2008 by Associated Press, AP

Widely considered last of a generation of top designers

PARIS -- Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71.

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