What is Kate Spade?
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Kate Spade | birth_name = Katherine Noel Brosnahan | birth_date = {{birth date|1962|12|24}} | birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|6|5|1962|12|24}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | other_names = Kate Valentine | known_for = [[Kate Spade New York]]<br />Frances Valentine | death_cause = [[Suicide by hanging]] | resting_place = Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, U.S. | education = [[University of Kansas]] <br> [[Arizona State University]] | occupation = Fashion designer, businesswoman | years_active = 1985–2018 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Andy Spade]]|1994}} | children = 1 | relatives = [[Rachel Brosnahan]] (niece) <br> [[David Spade]] (brother-in-law) }} '''Kate Valentine''' (born '''Katherine Noel Brosnahan'''; December 24, 1962 – June 5, 2018), known professionally as '''Kate Spade''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Kate & Andy Spade Interview on How I Built This by Guy Raz|url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this|archive-date=|publisher=NPR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ana Colon |url=http://www.refinery29.com/2016/02/102342/kate-valentine-name-change |title=Designer Kate Spade Name Change Frances Valentine |publisher=Refinery29.com |access-date=June 22, 2017}}</ref> was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. She was the namesake and former co-owner of the designer brand [[Kate Spade New York]]. She was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. Spade was the sister-in-law of [[David Spade]]. Kate and Andy Spade founded [[Kate Spade New York]] in 1993. She sold the company to [[Neiman Marcus Group]] in 1999 and the rest of the company in 2006.<ref name=WSJ2006>{{cite news |title= Neiman Marcus to Sell Kate Spade |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116296058737816815 |newspaper= [[The Wall Street Journal]] |location= New York City |date