Legendary fashion journalist Andre Leon Talley passed away this week in up state New York. Anna Wintour, saw him as a comrade. He stood beside her as the first editor at large at VOGUE USA. With a stature of 6 feet and six inches Talley was a literal giant in the industry who mentored super model Naomi Campbell and styled The Obamas The Durham North Carolina native once met fellow North Carolinian gospel artist John P. Kee in the lobby of a hotel in New York and chopped it up with him for hours after realizing they came from the same area. and had family ties In a Facebook, Pastor Kee said Talley dared him to make Durham proud. Andre Leon Tally, dead at the age of 73.
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