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Ms. Fendi, center, and her sister Anna, right, in Rome in October 2007.
Andreas Solaro/Getty Images; thumbnail (with sisters and Karl Lagerfeld), via Fendi, 1984
Carla Fendi
Died on June 19, 2017 at age 79
Ms. Fendi was one of five sisters who inherited a small Roman leather goods workshop and together transformed it into the global luxury powerhouse Fendi, famed for its reimagining of the classic fur coat.
Notable Deaths 2017
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