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Paco Rabanne, eccentric fashion designer and fragrance king, dies at 88

The Spanish-born fashion designer Paco Rabanne was known for his eccentric clothing designs and for founding one of the world's best-known fragrance brands. © Frederick Florin, AFP

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer known for perfumes sold worldwide and for metallic, space-age fashions, has died, the group that owns his fashion house announced Friday. 

Rabanne's death was confirmed to AFP by the parent company of his brand, who said he had "marked generations with his radical vision of fashion and his legacy will live on".

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