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Art historian and Rockefeller Center archivist Christine Roussel dies
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July 31, 2026
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3:55Now PlayingChristine Roussel worked on major exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, started her own art conservation and consulting firm, advised Vice President Nelson Rockefeller on his art collection and served as archivist at Rockefeller Center. Her family say she died in mid-July of complications related to Legionnaires' disease, part of a deadly outbreak this summer on New York's Upper East Side. NBC News' Joe Fryer reflects on Roussel's extraordinary life.
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