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Born as '''Richard Cowen''' in Bethesda, Maryland, USA,<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1565429/ Richard Dean Internet Database]</ref> Dean attended [[Winston Churchill High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)|Winston Churchill High School]] in [[Potomac, Maryland]] and the [[Lawrenceville School]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. He attended the [[University of Delaware]] on a football scholarship. |
Born as '''Richard Cowen''' in Bethesda, Maryland, USA,<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1565429/ Richard Dean Internet Database]</ref> Dean attended [[Winston Churchill High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)|Winston Churchill High School]] in [[Potomac, Maryland]] and the [[Lawrenceville School]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. He attended the [[University of Delaware]] on a football scholarship. He died on December 27, 2006 of pancreatic cancer at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. |
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Revision as of 18:01, 9 January 2014
Richard Dean (1956 - December 27, 2006) was an athlete, model and photographer, most known for co-hosting Cover Shot, a television makeover show on the American cable TV network TLC.
Biography
Born as Richard Cowen in Bethesda, Maryland, USA,[1] Dean attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland and the Lawrenceville School in Princeton, New Jersey. He attended the University of Delaware on a football scholarship. He died on December 27, 2006 of pancreatic cancer at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.
Career
He began working as a fashion model in the mid-1980s and later became a fashion and advertising photographer after teaching himself to take high-profile photos. His clients included Gianni Versace, Yves St. Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Reebok, Nike, Fujifilm, Beck's, Michelob, Fila, Playboy and TV Guide.[2]
Dean's first appearance on a TV reality show was on UPN's America's Next Top Model. In 2006, he joined model Frederique van der Wal on TLC's Cover Shot, in which "supermoms" were transformed into "supermodels".