Christian Dior |verified| Jun 2026

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On October 24, 1957, while vacationing in Montecatini, Italy, Christian Dior died of a heart attack at the age of 52. The cause was rumored to be a choking fit (the “café coronaries” of the time), but many suspected sheer exhaustion. He had worked himself to death. Christian Dior