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  "path": "/fashion-news/fashion-features/joan-burstein-london-retail-trailblazer-designer-champion-dead-98-1236789523/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T12:16:06.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Burstein, founder of luxury London retailer Browns, who promoted John Galliano, Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan when they were fresh out of fashion school, and who introduced a slew of international brands to the U.K., has died aged 100.\n",
  "title": "Joan Burstein, London Retail Trailblazer, Designer Champion, Dies at 100"
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