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Dexter "3D" Pottinger

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Dexter "3D" Pottinger (6 November 1982 – August 2017) was a prominent Jamaican fashion designer, stylist, hairstylist and creative producer. He began as a model with Saint International and won that agency's Avant Garde Designer of the Year competition in 2005, going on to dress dancehall artists and work on styling and design across Jamaican entertainment, including on the film King of the Dancehall (2016); he also became a visible "Face of Pride" figure in Kingston. He was found dead at his St Andrew home in August 2017.

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Sources: Jamaica Gleaner; Jamaica Observer.

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Jamaica Star — Dexter Pottinger found dead

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