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Designer Tom Ford (L) and Richard Buckley appear onstage at the 2014 CFDA fashion awards (Photo by D Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Richard Buckley, fashion editor and Tom Ford’s partner of 35 years, has died at age 72 at his home in Los Angeles. Buckley started his career in 1979 for New York Magazine\u00a0<\/em>as a fashion journalist and moved on to work for\u00a0Vanity Fair\u00a0<\/em>and was editor-in-chief for Vogue Hommes International\u00a0<\/em>amongst a diverse portfolio working for various other publications.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with great sadness that Tom Ford announces the death of his beloved husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley,\u201d Tom Ford said in a release. \u201cRichard passed away peacefully at their home in Los Angeles last night with Tom and their son Jack by his side.\u00a0 He died of natural causes after a prolonged illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in 1948 in Binghamton, New York, Buckley spent time growing up in the United States, France and Germany. He met Ford in 1986 and they married in 2014, with their son Jack being born in 2012. Buckley attended the University of Maryland in Munich, Germany and went on to initially work for New York Magazine<\/em>. He worked under fashion editors John B. Fairchild, Tina Brown, and Grace Mirabella. 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