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Tatjana Patitz walks the runway during the Chanel Haute Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week Fall\/Winter 1991-1992 in July, 1991 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tatjana Patitz has died at the age of 56. The supermodel’s Model CoOp agent, Corrine Nicolas, confirmed the news to Insider<\/em><\/a>. Nicolas told the outlet, “Tatiana passed away this morning in California. The cause of death was breast cancer. Needless to say, we are all devastated by her passing.”<\/p>\n

Nicolas continued, “She was compassionate soul, kind and generous of heart and an avid advocate of animal rights. One of the major causes she supported was the conservation of wild horses through ‘Return to Freedom- Wild Horse Conservation’ in Santa Barbara.”<\/p>\n

Vogue<\/em><\/a> was first to report on Patitz\u2019s passing on Jan. 11. She is survived by her 19-year-old son Jonah Johnson, as well as her sister and parents.<\/p>\n

Often referred to as one of the \u201coriginal supermodels,\u201d Patitz graced countless covers of high fashion magazines and the runways of Christian Dior, Chanel, Valentino, Kenzo, Donna Karan, Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger, Vivienne Westwood, Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s eponymous label, and more during the height of her career in the 1980s and ’90s.<\/p>\n

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Tatjana Patitz lors du d\u00e9fil\u00e9 de Haute-couture Christian Dior hiver 1991 en juillet 1991 \u00e0 Paris, France. (Photo by ARNAL\/PAT\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patitz was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1966 and raised in a small town in the South of Sweden by her German father and Estonian mother. The star was discovered after entering an Elite Model Management contest in Stockholm at age of 17. Snagging third place, Patitz won a trip to Paris with a limited-time contract. After the legendary photographer Peter Lindberg took the bourgeoning model under his wing in 1988, Patitz\u2019s career took off.<\/p>\n

The Peter Lindbergh Foundation shared their condolences on Twitter<\/a>. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Tatjana Patitz, a long-time friend of Peter\u2019s,” they wrote. “We would like to salute Tatjana\u2019s kindness, inner beauty and outstanding intelligence. Our thoughts go to her loved ones and particularly Jonah. She will be immensely missed.”<\/p>\n

The model also posed for legendary fashion photographers including Herb Ritts, Irving Penn, Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Meisel and many more. Patitz became a member of the famous rat pack of supermodels thriving in the \u201880s and \u201890s. Patitz starred alongside Naomi Campbell<\/a>, Linda Evangelista<\/a>, Christy Turlington<\/a>, and Cindy Crawford<\/a> in George Michael\u2019s iconic \u201cFreedom! \u201890\u201d<\/a> music video, directed by David Fincher. The video\u2019s success lead to many referring to the group as \u201cThe Big Five.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tatjana Patitz walks the runway at the Etro show at Milan Fashion Week Autumn\/Winter 2019\/20 on February 22, 2019 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pietro D’aprano\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Setting down roots in California, Patitz went on to pursue a career in acting, and gave birth to her son, Jonah in 2004. The model took her last trip down the runway during Milan Fashion Week in 2019 for Italian fashion house Etro\u2019s Fall\/Winter 2019 presentation.<\/p>\n

The supermodel walked the red carpet with her son just this past October at the Tribute to Bambi in Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":70360,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,17,16],"yoast_head":"\nSupermodel Tatjana Patitz Died at Age 56<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Referred to as one of the "original supermodels," Tatjana Patitz has died at the age of 56 in the Santa Barbara, California area\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/supermodel-tatjana-patitz-died-age-56\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supermodel Tatjana Patitz Has Died at 56 Years Old\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Referred to as one of the "original 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