Supermodel Tatjana Patitz, greatest recognized for her look in George Michael’s video for his monster hit “Freedom ’90,” has died at age 56. She died on Jan. 11 of breast most cancers, her agent confirmed.
The German-born Patitz was thought-about one of many authentic supermodels. She entered her first modeling contest at age 17 in Stockholm, taking third place. However a session with style photographer Peter Lindbergh that adopted launched the principle a part of her profession.
Singer George Michael noticed her in British Vogue in 1990, and subsequently forged her for his “Freedom ’90” music video alongside Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista.
“I used to be in my very own zone,” she mentioned of filming the “Freedom ’90” video, which didn’t see her even meet Michael. “I needed to form of slide up and down the wall for a part of the day. The texture of the set was so run-down, this massive, loft form of vibe. There was one other setup with me laying on a chaise lounge with a black smoking jacket. I feel I’ll have had a bustier on. And I used to be smoking, even. Folks nonetheless smoked in movies then and even in movies.”
No info on survivors or a memorial was instantly out there.
