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Milton Glaser, graphic designer who put heart in ‘I love New York,’ dies at 91

Milton Glaser, whose creation of the I heart NY logo, as well as hundreds of other projects, helped make him one of the most influential graphic designers of his generation, died at an assisted living facility in Manhattan on June 26, his 91st birthday.

President Barack Obama presents a 2009 National Medal of Arts to Milton Glaser, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Glaser, the designer who created the “I (HEART) NY” logo and the famous Bob Dylan poster with psychedelic hair, died Friday, June 26, 2020, his 91st birthday.
President Barack Obama presents a 2009 National Medal of Arts to Milton Glaser, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Glaser, the designer who created the “I (HEART) NY” logo and the famous Bob Dylan poster with psychedelic hair, died Friday, June 26, 2020, his 91st birthday.Read moreCharles Dharapak / AP
    by Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post
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