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A short biography on designer Alexander McQueen who left school at 16 to apprentice for Savile Row. After a battle with drug addiction and the death of his mother, he committed suicide in February 2010.
View the Video GalleryDocuments released this week concerning the $26 million estate of deceased fashion designer Alexander McQueen reveal the animal-loving side of the British icon's personality. In addition to bequeathing tidy sums to his surviving family members and household staff, McQueen bestowed $81,500 to his three dogs—Minter, Juice and Callum—for their continued care. "My dogs are the only thing in the world I really trust," McQueen said in a 2009 interview in Arena Homme+. "They're loyal and their love is unconditional." When the fashion took his life last year, his final note to his family and friends ended with the sentence, "Please look after my dogs. Sorry, I love you. Lee."
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