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Willa Kim Dies; Tony Winning 'Will Rogers Follies' Costume Designer Was 99 by Jeremy Gerard

Willa Kim, a two-time Tony winning costume designer who crowned chorines with longhorns and draped Duke Ellington’s hoofers in ermine and feather boas, has died in Los Angeles. She was 99 and had been in poor health. Born in L.A. to Korean-American parents, Kim had a fantastic eye for detail and a streak of the outrageous that thrilled audiences, excited directors and gave actors a sense of ownership of their r…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:47PM on December 24, 2016

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