**FILE** Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, appears with Liz Claiborne at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in New York in this Thursday, June 15, 2000 file photo. Claiborne was honored with the lifetime achievement award. Fashion house Liz Claiborne Inc. says founder Liz Claiborne, whose styles became an important influence for career women in the 1970s and 1980s, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Mitch Jacobson, FILE)