Barbie designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi die in a tragic Italy crash; Barbie pays tribute to the legendary creators of Magia 2000.

Magia2000's fashion designer Mario Paglino and the graphic art director Gianni Grossi were reportedly killed in a car accident.

The Barbie team honored doll designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi after the couple died in a car accident in Italy July 27.

Italy: Two celebrated Barbie designers, Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, were killed in a devastating car crash on a highway in northern Italy on Sunday. The couple, who were also partners in real ...

They transformed dolls into one-of-a-kind pieces that sold for thousands of dollars. A married couple, they died in a car crash in Italy.

Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi - who have been described as visionaries for their Barbie designs - died in a head-on collision with an elderly man on the Turin-Milan highway ...

In 2016, the couple was honoured with the Barbie Best Friend Award by legendary Mattel designer Carol Spencer.

"The Barbie team is heartbroken by the loss of Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi," the brand wrote in an emotional tribute on Instagram ...

Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, who designed custom Barbie dolls and invented the Italian Doll Convention, died in a car accident on July 27 in Italy ...

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It is estimated that more than a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries. Pagliano’s and Grossi’s expertise appealed to doll collectors, of which an estimated ...

A car driving the wrong way on a highway in northern Italy caused the head-on collision that killed the longtime Barbie doll designers and collectors.