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Lerman, who died in 1994, was at the center of fashionable New York society for almost fifty years, thanks to his work at such magazines as Vogue and Mademoiselle. The son of a housepainter in East Harlem, Lerman was drawn to "the surface glitter" of the elite, and he helped launch the careers of countless singers, writers, actresses, and artists. He was known for frugal but grand soirees--Marlene Dietrich emptied the ashtrays at one; William Faulkner stood in line ...