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NEW YORK - Cheng Ching "C.C." Wang, the sole backer of the Vera Wang Co. who was chairman from its inception in 1990 until 1998, died last Thursday at Southampton Hospital. He was 87.
The cause of death was complications related to prostate cancer, said his daughter, Vera Wang.
The designer had rushed out to Southampton to see her father Thursday at 1 a.m., several hours before he died that morning, and then returned to the city for her fashion show that afternoon, tearfully taking her bow at the end of the show. She dedicated her show to him.
Although C.C. Wang tried hard to deter his daughter from a career in fashion, it was he who recognized her devotion to the industry, and suggested she start a bridal company rather than a...