Richard Dean (''né'' Cowen; May 15, 1956 – December 27, 2006) was an American athlete, model and photographer, who co-hosted ''Cover Shot'', a television makeover show on the American cable TV network

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Early life and education

Dean was born Richard Cowen in

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He was the son of Chet and Juanita Cohen. Dean attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, and the Lawrenceville School in

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. He attended the

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on a football scholarship.

Career

He began working as a fashion model in the mid-1980s and later became a self-taught fashion and advertising photographer. His clients included Gianni Versace, Yves St. Laurent,

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, Nike, Fujifilm, Beck's, Michelob,

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, ''

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'' and ''

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''. Dean's first appearance on a TV

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was on

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's '' America's Next Top Model''. In 2006, he joined model

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on TLC's ''Cover Shot'', in which "supermoms" were transformed into "supermodels".

Death

Dean died on December 27, 2006, of

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at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

References

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