The New York Times' legendary fashion photographer Bill Cunningham has died, aged 87, after recently suffering a stroke.
The NY Times confirmed his death on Saturday (Sunday morning NZ time).
Cunningham had worked for the publication for nearly 40 years, and his quirky street-style essays were a staple of its Sunday edition.
He was well-known to many New Yorkers as he pedalled his bike up and down the avenues and streets, always wearing a blue shirt and with his camera draped around his neck.
The Times' publisher and chairman, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., said he was "personally heartbroken to have lost a friend" and legend.
"His company was sought after by the fashion world's rich and powerful, yet he remained one of the kindest, most gentle and humble people I have ever met," Mr Sulzberger Jr. said.
Cunningham was the subject of the award-winning 2010 documentary, Bill Cunningham New York, which portrayed him as a private man who lived simply, in stark contrast to the glamorous world he photographed.
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