Alexander McQueen, UK fashion designer, found dead

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. The fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead, his company said.

His office confirmed to the BBC that Mr McQueen, 40, was discovered at his London home this morning.

The Metropolitan Police said that his death was not being treated as suspicious. Unconfirmed reports have suggested that he took his own life.

A statement said his family were "devastated" at the "tragic news", and added that they shared "a sense of shock and grief".

In a message on his Twitter page on 3 February, Mr McQueen said his mother had passed away.

A former British Designer of the Year winner, London-born Mr McQueen started his career as an apprentice in Savile Row, where he learned how to make jackets at Gieves and Hawkes.