Thats one thing that Franca taught me about friendship: Sometimes, you really have to earn it.
She was also the hardest-working person I have known, and with an envy-inducing ease with multitasking.
She made everything she worked on appear effortless, regardless of whether it was an event for several hundred.

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Madonna also remembered Sozzani in an Instagram post on Thursday afternoon.
A trail blazer and a True Rebel [heart]!
You are loved and adored by so many!
We will miss you.
Respect and admiration!!
You will be deeply missed.
Read on to see what figures in the entertainment and fashion industries are saying about Sozzanis death, below.