Fashion Designer Kate Spade Found Dead in New York City According to the Associated Press, law enforcement officials found Spade dead in her Manhattan apartment on Tuesday. Spade’s death was an apparent suicide. She was reportedly found by the housekeeping staff. Officials say a note was found at the scene but have not released its contents. Spade was a famous fashion designer, known for creating a line of bags and jewelry in the 1990s that blossomed into a fashion enterprise with over 140 retail stores in the
United States. Spade was 55 years old and leaves behind her husband, Andy, and her daughter, Frances Beatrix Spade.