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Éric Pfrunder Éric Pfrunder, Karl Lagerfeld’s closest creative associate for his varied photography projects, died Monday in a Paris hospital at age 74 after an extended illness, his son Jasper confirmed to WWD. Services are scheduled for Friday at 3:30 p.m. on the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Pfrunder was Chanel’s director of image for 3 many years, and remained as artistic director of fashion image for a transient period following Lagerfeld’s death in February 2019. “A person of conviction and loyalty, a passionate employee, ‘vorarbeiter’ as Karl Lagerfeld affectionately called him, Eric tirelessly devoted his exceptional eye and vision to the excellence of Chanel, generously sharing his knowledge and insights with the image team and more broadly, the style division,” Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion,...