Artist Jeanne-Claude dies; co-created ’The Gates’

By Associated Press
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Added 115d 12h ago

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NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74.

Jeanne-Claude died last night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm, her family said in an e-mail statement.

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Artists Christo, left, and his wife and partner Jeanne-Claude, pose in front of their work of art titled \"The Umbrellas\" (Japan/US, 1984-1991) as they visit their exhibition \"Swiss Projects 1968-1998\" at the Centre PasquArt in Biel, Switzerland.