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Celebrity style sniper 'Mr. Blackwell' dies at 86

Richardblackwell "Mr. Blackwell," 86,  whose annual worst-dressed lists skewered celebs for their fashion mistakes, died Sunday of complications from an intestinal infection.

Blackwell began his infamous criticisms almost 50 years ago, way before Joan Rivers and the fashion flock honed style sarcasm to the daily lambasting it's become in mags such as Us Weekly and InTouch as well as on TV shows and the internet.

Click here to see a gallery of Blackwell's life.

Even though Blackwell's no longer with us, his legacy will, no doubt, live on.

No one escaped this man's wrath, the dowdy or the daring. Let's stroll down fashion criticism memory lane with some of Blackwell's most memorable style snips:

Cameron Diaz: "Looks like she was dressed by a colorblind circus clown."

Madonna: "From Ghetto Glam to Rhinestone Cowgirl to Mrs. Guy Ritchie."

Christina Aguilera: "Is she a boring and body-baring bungle -- or just auditioning for 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle?'"

Mary Kate Olsen: "A tattered toothpick trapped in a hurricane."

The Dixie Chicks: "Truck-stop fashion tragedies trapped in a typhoon."

Renee Zellweger: "A painted pumpkin on a pogo stick."

Ann-Margret: "Marlon Brando in a g-string."

Martha Stewart: "The centerfold for the Farmer's Almanac."

Sharon Stone: "An over-the-hill Cruella de Ville."

Elizabeth Taylor: "Looks like two small boys fighting under a mink blanket."

Cher: "A million beads and one overexposed derriere."

Mariah Carey: "Shrink-wrapped cheesecake."

Queen Elizabeth II: "The palace Christmas tree or just a royal clown?

Camilla Parker-Bowles: "A petrified parakeet from the Jurassic Age."

Will you miss Mr. Blackwell's annual "worst dressed" list? Or do you wish everyone would stop making fun of people for the way they dress?

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