Famous Fashion designer. Executive for Perry Ellis Fashion house. Also in a relationship with Perry Ellis until his death. Ellis considered him the love of his life.
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Laughlin McClatchy Barker, president of Perry Ellis International since 1981, died of lung cancer Thursday night in his home in Manhattan. He was 37 years old.
Mr. Barker was in charge of licensing the designs of Perry Ellis Sportswear to companies in other fashion fields. They included accessories, furs, fragrances, shoes and men's clothing as well as home furnishings.
He was a lawyer with the firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler before joining the Perry Ellis concern.
He was born in Jacksonville, Fla., and grew up in Santa Fe, N.M. He attended the University of Bologna, graduated from the University of Colorado and received his law degree from Georgetown University.
Mr. Barker, who was divorced, is survived by his parents, Laughlin and Rene, of Santa Fe; a daughter, Catherine E., of Cambridge, Mass.; two sisters, Suzanne, of Albuquerque, N.M., and Christine, of New York; and three brothers, John G., of New York, Patrick K., of Melbourne, Fla., and David A., of Santa Fe.
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Laughlin McClatchy Barker, president of Perry Ellis International since 1981, died of lung cancer Thursday night in his home in Manhattan. He was 37 years old.
Mr. Barker was in charge of licensing the designs of Perry Ellis Sportswear to companies in other fashion fields. They included accessories, furs, fragrances, shoes and men's clothing as well as home furnishings.
He was a lawyer with the firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler before joining the Perry Ellis concern.
He was born in Jacksonville, Fla., and grew up in Santa Fe, N.M. He attended the University of Bologna, graduated from the University of Colorado and received his law degree from Georgetown University.
Mr. Barker, who was divorced, is survived by his parents, Laughlin and Rene, of Santa Fe; a daughter, Catherine E., of Cambridge, Mass.; two sisters, Suzanne, of Albuquerque, N.M., and Christine, of New York; and three brothers, John G., of New York, Patrick K., of Melbourne, Fla., and David A., of Santa Fe.
Famous Fashion designer. Executive for Perry Ellis Fashion house. Also in a relationship with Perry Ellis until his death. Ellis considered him the love of his life.
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Laughlin McClatchy Barker, president of Perry Ellis International since 1981, died of lung cancer Thursday night in his home in Manhattan. He was 37 years old.
Mr. Barker was in charge of licensing the designs of Perry Ellis Sportswear to companies in other fashion fields. They included accessories, furs, fragrances, shoes and men's clothing as well as home furnishings.
He was a lawyer with the firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler before joining the Perry Ellis concern.
He was born in Jacksonville, Fla., and grew up in Santa Fe, N.M. He attended the University of Bologna, graduated from the University of Colorado and received his law degree from Georgetown University.
Mr. Barker, who was divorced, is survived by his parents, Laughlin and Rene, of Santa Fe; a daughter, Catherine E., of Cambridge, Mass.; two sisters, Suzanne, of Albuquerque, N.M., and Christine, of New York; and three brothers, John G., of New York, Patrick K., of Melbourne, Fla., and David A., of Santa Fe.
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Laughlin McClatchy Barker, president of Perry Ellis International since 1981, died of lung cancer Thursday night in his home in Manhattan. He was 37 years old.
Mr. Barker was in charge of licensing the designs of Perry Ellis Sportswear to companies in other fashion fields. They included accessories, furs, fragrances, shoes and men's clothing as well as home furnishings.
He was a lawyer with the firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler before joining the Perry Ellis concern.
He was born in Jacksonville, Fla., and grew up in Santa Fe, N.M. He attended the University of Bologna, graduated from the University of Colorado and received his law degree from Georgetown University.
Mr. Barker, who was divorced, is survived by his parents, Laughlin and Rene, of Santa Fe; a daughter, Catherine E., of Cambridge, Mass.; two sisters, Suzanne, of Albuquerque, N.M., and Christine, of New York; and three brothers, John G., of New York, Patrick K., of Melbourne, Fla., and David A., of Santa Fe.
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