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New York, NY, United States (4E) - Famous art critic Robert Hughes has passed away at age 74 Monday in New York after a long illness.

His wife, Doris Downes Hughes, confirmed his death. In her statement published in Malcolm Turnbull's official website, she said, "He will be greatly missed by his wife Doris Downes Hughes who was with him when he died and his family in Australia, including his brothers the Honourable Tom Hughes AO QC, Geoffrey Hughes, his sister Constance Crisp and his niece Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO and her husband the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull MP."

Meanwhile, Australian Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull posted on his Twitter account, "Robert Hughes, critic, historian, fisherman, has died today in New York City. Farewell my dear old mate. Rest in peace."

The Sydney-born Hughes, aside from one of his bestselling works, "The Fatal Shore," is well-known as an art critic in Time magazine for over three decades.

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