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| | E! Online News - Celeb Photog Herb Ritts Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Herb Ritts, the celebrity and fashion photographer, whose camaraderie with his rich and famous subjects enabled him to expose not just their glamorous professional image but also their real-people qualities, died Thursday at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. |
 | | Ritts, who preferred to shoot in fl and white, once said of his own celeb-portraying work, "Fifty or 60 years from now, if someone sees a portrait of Madonna, they really won't care that it was Madonna, or they won't know who the hell she was. |
 | | Ritts is survived by his mother, Shirley, his siblings, Rory and Christy, and his partner, entertainment lawyer Erik Hyman. |
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